Wheels on fire,so are passions when road rage flares.?

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Robyn

I think is just about suicidal to ride a bike in big city traffic,trucks especially,making turns,are so very dangerous to the cyclists.I know lots of bike riders are careless about their rightful space on the roadway,but the whole motorists versus bikes thing is getting out of hand.
Do you as a cyclist,wear a helmet camera?How tolerant a motorist are you?

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I commute everywhere by bike - never owned a car. I've been cycling for over 40 years, mostly in heavy traffic (I've always lived in a big city). I've never been hit by a car. Statistics show that, on a short commute (less than 5 miles) cycling is twice as safe as motoring.

If you take a central position in the general traffic lane and stay in the stream of traffic, it prevents a lot of the most common car-bike collisions. The vast majority of collisions happen to cyclists who are riding in the gutter and overtaking on the curbside.

I do not wear a camera while cycling. I've never driven a car so I can't say how tolerant a motorist I am.

Best Hd Bicycle camera incase of accidents?

Everybody

looking for a helmet camera that can record in nice quality just incase i get run over while cycling to work maybe good enought quaity to get the license plate number, im paranoid so need one just incase someone trys to murder me, im looking at the hd hero 2 or contour hd but they dont impress me much in quality

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The best one is probably the V.I.O. POV.HD. It's a little pricey though. It will run you about $500-$600 plus any non-default mounts.

Other lower priced cameras worth looking into are the Tachyon OPS HD and the ReplayXD 1080.

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What should I take on a biking holiday?

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Poshmarshm

It's in the summer, with a friend, for about two weeks. I'm going to sleep in hostels or camp out.
Can you think of anything less so obvious I should take with me? What should I take to eat? (remember, two weeks)

I can't carry too much, as I'll be on a bike and I can think of all the obvious things - bike, sleeping bag, bike repair kit, first aid kit etc.


I'll give best answer to either the most innovative, unexpected, unusual YET HELPFUL idea, or the longest useful list.
Thank you!

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army rations
sun creme
lip balm
plastic bag to keep your stuff dry
torch and batteries
spare plastic bottle
thin top - brightly coloured for visibility
sun glasses and a hat
cards for a game in the evening
camera
multi-tool
mobile phone
tissues
helmet
waterproof jacket
cycle gloves
bungees
bike lock
face wipes
wash kit

States and or cities that are bike friendly in the USA?

Celianna

Can anyone tell me states or cities that are very bike friendly? Such as having bike paths, or even bike streetlights, and people are commonly riding their bikes in every day (so that cars watch out for bikes as well).

I live in the Netherlands, a very big bike country. We have our own bike paths, separate from streets, and our own streetlights, and even laws that say we need to have our lights on during the night. I'm moving to the USA, and I want to be in a city or town that is bike friendly, because I still want to ride my own bike!

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The best city or bit of country in the USA is going to be worse for riding a bike than the worst parts of the Netherlands.

The guy writing a bike blog about Portland often mentions turning green with jealousy when commenting on the bike blogs about the Netherlands. Even the old cycle lanes in the Netherlands about to be upgraded are way better than the best available in most of the USA.

The USA has a 2% or less bike share in traffic, with the exceptional city where it goes up to 5% in summer. Most of those people young men riding bikes wearing helmets, yellow safety jackets and keeping a camera handy to take photos of drivers cutting them off or bumping on their tail.
In the Netherlands the bike share is 25 to 40% depending on which part of the country. All people ride, if not all the time, including little children and old people. It is not strange to see someone in their 80's on a bike in city traffic, or peddling from a village to the next town for a bit of shopping.
Helmets are almost only worn by racing people while training and racing. Yellow safety jackets are almost unheard of and certainly not needed for commuting to work or school.

People who are not familiar with cycling in the Netherlands will not appreciate the difference with other countries.

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what distance should the lenses be around if making a homemade 3D camera?

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Q. I am thinking of making my own 3D camera, and will use red/blue glasses. I am going to buy two Muvi Micro Clone type camera, and want to know what distance apart the two lenses should be for the best quality video?

My plan is to use the camera as an action camera, to record 3D cycling videos mounted on a bicycle helmet.


Anyone got any advice :) Thanks!!

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I have to respectfully disagree with lare on that one - you can do 3D without synchronised shutters. Have a look at Suzi Perry's 3D video, recorded for The Gadget Show. This was shot with a pair of Canon 550Ds. I seem to remember the program mentioned all sorts of potential problems, but the results were much better than expected. From what I remember, the distance between the lenses wasn't critical, but they had to be aligned so that the images seemed to converge at the right distance. I don't remember what the right distance was though - sorry!

How would I go about making a helmet cam with a HUD?

Michael O

I'm trying to bring together a design for helmet cam much like that of the Iron Man concept with a Heads Up Display that can be seen on a screen on the inside of the facemask of the helmet. The idea is to be that the only way to see out the helmet is through the webcam. Any ideas on how to go about creating such an item and how to program the camera to do these functions?

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you probably want to put a lens over the screen so the you can focus on it more easily with it that close to your eyes. Probably re-focus it to infinity as that will be more natural.

Don't try driving/cycling etc. with that - the field of view is too restricted, and the resolution even with HD doesn't match normal vision (OK, the military do, but they're in armored cars on a battlefield, not on the street with innocent bystanders)

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