6 Best Ways To Film Your Bike Rides

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[lukesanders]

Jimmy's advice was by far the most useful to me. Through the course of 7 years I've tried different mounts in almost every imaginable place on my bikes but I've never told a story.

[grantritchie]

The mouth mount was a total game changer for making my cycling videos! I got this after seeing you riding with one a while back. Also it’s really encouraging to see you guys sharing the years of experience you’ve got in making these videos, so valuable to those newer in the game.

[ScottBaker]

That is one of the best helmet tans I've seen in some time. Well done fellow bald rider

[EverythingsBeenDone]

I'm still waiting for a video about how you film with your FULL FRAME camera on bike! I have always been impressed you did that...I could never figure out how. ❤

[RS.Outdoors]

Little secret nobody is talking about that I tried out yesterday. There is a plastic lens hood in the pack, just like the normal lens cover but without the glass. If you switch over to that on very sunny days you no longer get any lens flare in your footage ;) Just remember to change it back over to the normal one if it is wet as camera is not waterproof if you switch over. Also removing the glass cover in low light is meant to dramatically increase quality as well as the iso drops slightly. But you do loose that extra protection to the main lens so need to take care and not damage it.

[skylarjohnson]

Shoutout DKlein! His videos are awesome. Glad you gave him some recognition Francis!

[Mequalspi]

I think there's an argument that a comparatively unknowledgable person should be shooting in 30 fps rather than 24. I definitely am a huge fan of the cinematic feel of 24 fps video for bike content, but the fact of the matter is that many people are watching internet content on devices with screens that are operating at 60 Hz, which results in judder from the 3:2 pulldown required to play the video. In particular, road bike content often has the painted road lines with sharp/high-contrast edges moving across the screen at a fairly constant speed, which can really strongly show judder and be somewhat distracting. It's certainly a matter of taste, but I think the slightly less cinematic feel of 30 fps video is a worthwhile tradeoff for the increased smoothness of motion.

[vladislavkaras]

Great advice, gonna start filming my biking one day!
Thank you!

[cravenadventure]

30fps should be use when doing anything sports related. Its an action cam. 24fps isnt read for constant action sport type filming.

You can have 3 camera views. I use a rear, front under stem, and either on top of my stem or shoulder clip on bag. The top stem is best as I can rotate that camera in any direction I want.

[acourierslife-egyfutarelet]

Just a note for the chest mount: If you are on your limit and breathing heavily it will show on you footage as your chest periodically rises thus changing the angle of the camera. Not the end of the world but can be a little bit frustrating.

[mghallock]

The magic hat swap at the end to black is chef's kiss though.

[cyclingonandoffroad]

A really small flexible tripod. Place the camera high, in a tree or very low for rideby shots? Make videos for yourself on special rides (with friends) . They will make great memories one day. Nice shirt Jim.

[PedalVision]

Man! I love that grill mount. I actually heard about it from you. The chesty is a strong 2nd for me

[fede]

I copied the Pro Standard grille mount from you and it definitely works. I still use a foam cover, will need to try the fluffy patches next!

[patgante]

The Fidlock pinclip is fantastic for switching between mounts within seconds. It uses a magnetic connection, so you can unclip it from your grill mount to a different mount just like that. Now tightening screws etc.

[mpkback]

My favourite thing about this DJI camera and accessory centred video is that it only has links below it to GoPro and Insta360 kit.

[burgess_and_his_bike]

Super good tips. Fledgling YouTube channel going and I’ll use some of these for sure. Working on storytelling. I use the GoPro media kit as it allows for inputs too and cuts down on wind noise. I can use a Bluetooth mic that way.

[fentuz]

@Cade_Media Helmet mount, not sure this is a good advice! remember Michael Schumacher with a Go Pro attached to a ski helmet not designed with go pro mount? For Safety Reasons, Cameras and lights should not be attached/added to helmet which are not designed for it; Safety device should not be altered. Sticking a camera mount will alter the safety device as it redistributes the loads in a different way than originally intended and could cause serious arm ( again: Michael Schumacher).

[brotherfranciz]

I use my GoPro as a dashcam, so 60fps is a must to better capture licence plate numbers.

[larryryan]

What about dirt when the bite mount is sticking out of your pocket?