How safe is cameras on handlebars??

[Patchelicious]

As said above, they do add danger to an already dangerous sport.

I think they are about as dangerous as a rock next to the trail.

 

Having said that, one can try minimise the danger that they pose with clever mounts. Under the bars, seat pots etc.

 

I wont mount mine if the space that my face often occupies, above the bars high up like some of their standard mounts. Putting it on your head, or chest also increases the chances of einas happening.

 

How dangerous they are is up to the person using it. I have hit my head a few times on rocks, after falling, from trying to stop or start the GoPro, or see if it is recording, but never hit the GoPro itself. Makes me feel like this.

 

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[Martin PJ]

The biggest danger in MTB is trying to race when you haven't done any MTB specific training. Or riding with guys who are a lot better than you and you don't have any experience.

 

If you think you can't ride something, you probably can't. The only way you get to know what you can and can't ride is to ride a bit without pressure. Try ride something slowly a few times, you realise that you can't ride it. Watch someone else ride it, then try again. When you get to a race, hop off and walk. Eventually you will be able to ride most things.

[BDF]

 

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This! Bwaaahaaa. My comment of the morning!

[Joe Low]

This is where I mount my camera.

 

I agree that MTB is a dangerous sport, I found the older I get and the more I train MTB, the less I crash.

 

 

 

Sure, but don't you think that  fitting that big grown bean bag to your bars is going to lead to other problems?

[Patchelicious]

Sure, but don't you think that  fitting that big grown bean bag to your bars is going to lead to other problems?

If you mount it in a position where you would hit your head in the handlebar before hitting the GoPro, you are no worse off.

[Martin PJ]

Sure, but don't you think that  fitting that big grown bean bag to your bars is going to lead to other problems?

 

Cheaper than an air bag.

[RocknRolla]

Sure, but don't you think that  fitting that big grown bean bag to your bars is going to lead to other problems?

 

 

May just fall asleep on the trails....

[RocknRolla]

Falling properly is as fine an art as staying on the bike, and negotiating trails..

[Frosty]

This is the only photo I have of my setup... Road or MTB

 

https://instagram.com/p/-EqKYvReh4/

 

Fixed to the bars upside down

[raptor-22]

whenever I'm tempted to fit my camera to my head I Just think Michael Schumacher

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Most disconcerting part about this thread is this picture!!!! DROPPER POST MOUNT!?!?!?!?!?

 

[Grebel]

You guys must all work for the Health and Safety Department.....

 

I think Chukky summed it up quite nicely

[Tumbleweed]

You guys must all work for the Health and Safety Department.....

 

I think Chukky summed it up quite nicely

 

I applied there as a crash test dummy...

[Mokgaga'a mmakubela!]

who needs a camera anyway? just enjoy the ride and smell the roses 

[Grebel]

I applied there as a crash test dummy...

 

You were probably over qualified...

[Grebel]

who needs a camera anyway? just enjoy the ride and smell the roses 

 

Nobody ever became famous by just smelling the roses. Just ask Buck Norris.........