Ride20150919

Another ride - rather long.

Ride20150918

Just a fun ride.

Bike Update

I've made some more changes to the bike.  Here's what it looks like now:

New camera mounts and head rest

I'm still experimenting with the camera mount but all in all things are working well.  I've re-tightened the bolts joining the two frame sections and the twisting seems to have stopped.

I did have one 'failure' when the chain tube moved into the rear derailleur.  I've adjusted it and hopefully all is now well.

I've also adjusted the left brake.  I'm not entirely satisfied with how it is working and may need to do a bit more work in that area.

Here are some closeups of the modifications.

Head rest details.
Much simpler and more adjustable

Modified mirror mount
Added flasher

Right side mount
Plan to add cell phone here

Front camera mount

Old school pedal clips

Bike update

I've made a number of updates to the bike.

First, I trimmed the headrest so it now looks like this:

I may trim it a bit more.

Second, I shortened the mirror arm.  This works as well.  I'll paint it black so it matches the rest of the bike.  I may also lower it a bit.

I am also experimenting with the camera mount on the front of the boom.  The video looks nice but there is a LOT of chain noise.

Head Rest

I've added a headrest.

I still have some trimming and cleanup to do but it basically works.

It is made out of a piece of schedule 40 PVC 1" pipe and a bit of pipe insulation I had from another project.   The pipe is bent into a U and zip tied to the seat frame.  There is a trick to bending PVC. The technique I used is described here: https://youtu.be/UKssOvO3nJs.  Home Depot sells some springs used in bending pipe.  They are flared at one end.  I cut the flared end off and formed a hook like this:

I used a 1.5" pipe as a form and heat gun to create a U shaped piece like this:

 The holes you see are left over from another project. Drill a couple of holes on each arm to accept zip ties.  Paint black or whatever you like.  Cut a piece of PVC insulation to length and slip over the pipe.

Instant low cost head rest.

Youtube processing artifacts ... ouch!

I've been trying to get good video on Youtube thinking the issue was with my Mobius camera.  Turns out YT is at least part of the problem!  Here is a screen capture from the original 1080P video and the same seen from YT.

Original scene

YT scene

Not good!  I'll need to figure out how to convince YT to not make a mess.

Update 20150902

I've done some additional work on the issue and by creating an h.264 video can improve things a bit.  Still the YT transcodeing creates issues.  I did find out that it is necessary to wait a bit before viewing the YT videos as they initially create the low resolution versions and only later the HD versions.  You can tell by clicking the gear icon and seeing what resolutions are available.

Update 20150902

Info on how to encode here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en.

Mobius Test 4 & Frame Adjustments 2

Set the white balance on the Mobius to auto and tested again.  Settings today:

• Lens A - it's the one I actually have
• Mode 1
• Video/sound MP4
• Video time stamp On
• Video data rate Standard
• Video Clip Length 10 minutes - should help editing
• Wide Dynamic Range On
• Field of View Wide
• Video Resolution 1920x1080 (1080p)
• Video Frame Rate 30
• Time lapse Off
• Mode 2 - Like mode 1 with the following changes
• Video resolution 1280x720 (720p)
• Advanced Image Settings
• Sharpness 50
• Exposure 0
• Contrast 50
• Saturation 10
• Color options normal
• White Balance Auto
• Others nominal

Here is the result.  Still a bit blue I think but I'll need to check in other light.