Bike-cam Videos

 Reposted from the Pedal to Peace blog

I took some experimental videos using the Nexus 7 strapped to my bike.
 A sort of "Go-DIY", you might call it. The foam bumper case was an ideal shock-absorbing mount.

At first I wanted to take time-lapse pictures, but I discovered that the stop-motion app on the tablet didn't have a timer setting. Rather, you have to press the preview each time you want to capture an image. I rode around testing that for a few seconds before abandoning the idea as too dangerous!

I have two videos below. For the first, the tablet was mounted more centrally, and the front brake cable spoils the view. It does, however, stop the auto-focus from going crazy, like it does in the second video.

The first video is on the way down from the first night's camp site, in Yamaguchi prefecture, and the second is coming down from the mountains at the start of the day we entered Nagasaki. 


Its hard to describe the satisfaction one experiences coasting down a hill which took great effort to pedal up. Its like a reward for all the hard work expended!