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I was just wondering how many people face them backwards? and why?

cheers

JC

We run 3 so it's not really a problem You can see them on my current avatar.

Seriously I think we will trim back to 2 this season (and use the 3rd to collect footage from another bike). We originally put them on to collect footage we hoped to edit into highlight videos to help promote the club (and show our friends). We have yet to acquire any editing software and have been too busy to do any editing. However we discovered a 2nd use which was video review of our performance. We analyse the video to see where we can improve our lines, increase speed, delay braking etc. The rear facing view is especially helpful to work out minor changes to passenger technique and timing as well as seeing where competitors are making ground on us (usually a hint that we should speed up at that point on the track).

A 3rd use we discovered was to get rough lap times (accurate to about 1/2 a sec) when the timing gear fails at the track (happened at 2 tracks last year) which at least lets us know if we are in the ballpark of a competitive lap time and if the times are improving as the weekend progresses.

Chris

ChrisWells wrote:We run 3 so it's not really a problem You can see them on my current avatar.

Seriously I think we will trim back to 2 this season (and use the 3rd to collect footage from another bike). We originally put them on to collect footage we hoped to edit into highlight videos to help promote the club (and show our friends). We have yet to acquire any editing software and have been too busy to do any editing. However we discovered a 2nd use which was video review of our performance. We analyse the video to see where we can improve our lines, increase speed, delay braking etc. The rear facing view is especially helpful to work out minor changes to passenger technique and timing as well as seeing where competitors are making ground on us (usually a hint that we should speed up at that point on the track).

A 3rd use we discovered was to get rough lap times (accurate to about 1/2 a sec) when the timing gear fails at the track (happened at 2 tracks last year) which at least lets us know if we are in the ballpark of a competitive lap time and if the times are improving as the weekend progresses.

Chris

Ya Chris, I've seen you both studying the videos to see what other people are doing (I thought latest developments would have had all the software necessary for editing). Looking forward to seeing your footage, if that's a possibility.

John, Maybe it's to see what's going off behind them?

tweety wrote:John, Maybe it's to see what's going off behind them?

Only thing we lost last year was the rear facing camera once (so there is no video evidence of anything falling off our bike )

The front facing cameras were mounted on glued on (semi-permanent) mounts while the rear was on a suction cup mount (both come with the GoPro cameras). We used the suction cup mount for the rear facing camera because it raised the camera up a bit higher which gave us a better view of passenger and beyond (instead of just recording passenger's helmet and the passing clouds). We got a little complacent and left the suction cup untouched for about 7-8 race weekends. Several were in the rain and the grit from the dirty water off the track eventually worked it's way under the suction cup and it let go. The resulting video was kind of interesting (nice spinning affect). Fortunately it landed in the grass and was completely undamaged. (Came close to having a plane land on us while we were out searching for the missing camera at the end of the day, but that's another story ) So if you run in dusty or wet conditions I would recommend removing any GoPro suction cup mounts, cleaning and remounting.

And yes Steve, if we ever get around to editing the hours of video down to something interesting we will share with the club (probably via the website). Meanwhile if there is a specific race you would like a copy of let us know (you feature quite prominently in the last half of the Sunday race at Mosport).

Chris

Not a luxury we have. For some reason we aren't allowed to run them at all at the meetings I go to. Probably a very good reason for it but it's frustrating as hell.