Free guide to help you decide which helmet camera is right for you. … [Read more...]
Awesome tips for making the most boring bike videos ever.
With the growing number of GoPro and other sports cameras on the market these days, YouTube now hosts thousands of videos from riders eager to share their experience with the world. So why are most of them so goddamn boring? … [Read more...]
Out of the comfort zone
According to Wikipedia, the comfort zone is a "behavioural state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition, using a limited set of behaviours to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk". We all have comfort zones in relation to most areas of our lives. Self applied limits as to how far we'll allow ourselves to go. The tendency … [Read more...]
Sportive 2012 Roundup
A quick round up of the sportives I rode in 2012 … [Read more...]
Etape Cymru 2012: The Movie
Etape Cymru 2012 was an awesome event. Forget all the negative stuff about the first event in 2011, the new organisers did a fantastic job in 2012. But don't just take my word for it, here's what twitter had to say. Here's my "proper" video of the event as I experienced it. I also made a daft, entertainment version of the Horseshoe Pass segment, in a Nintendo, Mario Kart … [Read more...]
GoPro Timelapse bike ride
Since buying a GoPro camera, I've been aware that it can take timelapse shots but so far hadn't got around to trying it out - until now. … [Read more...]
GoPro video from Rhyl CC club run – May 6th 2012.
This video took about as long to edit as the ride itself (about 5 hours). However, a few of the guys had not been up that way before and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were blown away by the route. One of the chaps even proclaimed it to be one of the best rides he'd ever done! … [Read more...]
Rhyl CC May 6th 2012. Stills from the GoPro Hero2
What a fantastic club ride out over the moors. I shot some video footage using the GoPro Hero2 clamped to my bar, and from it extracted some stills. Here they are! I'll upload the video when it's ready. It's taking about as long to edit as the ride actually took... … [Read more...]
Cheshire Cat 2012 – The Movie (unofficial)
It was worth looking like a complete twonk with a camera strapped to my helmet to get this footage. I've had many kind comments already about the Mow Cop footage (edited down in this version of the film) from people who rode the event, saying how nice it is to be able to relive moments from the day. I hope my little movie helps you recapture that feeling! … [Read more...]
Cheshire Cat 2012: A lesson in how to run a Sportive
I signed up for the Cheshire Cat back in about November last year, to provide motivation to maintain a training plan throughout the winter. It worked! Having participated in the disastrous Etape Cymru in October 2011, and having just today ridden the long version of the 2012 Cheshire Cat route, I can safely say that it was the polar opposite of Etape Cymru in terms of … [Read more...]