KH 29 Freeride Singletrack

[lunicycle]

Took the 29 Freeride rim for a cruise down some singletrack, also a chance to try some different angles with the GoPro camera - until the batteries went flat

YouTube - KH 29" Freeride Unicycle Single...

[SirSkillz]

Nice angles!

Also, that's the third Coldplay song on a unicycle video I've seen in three days!

[lunicycle]

Heya thanks. Lots of luck with the angles, I just point it in the general direction and see what the footage is like when I get home.

Relieved that Youtube allowed the music!

[simonb]

is that the new 47mm 29er rim?
how do you like it?
it looks pretty nice, the fattest 29er ive seen!

[JohnnyReggae]

Enjoyed that. Liked the different angles, and the contrast they created. Nice one

[Jeremy R]

How do you hold the camera so steady?! Amazing!

[Jordan]

I love the video, if you're scared of youtube removing the soundtrack you can always put the video on www.unicyclist.ca .

[lunicycle]

Hey thanks guys!

I've attached a pic of the camera setup, let's you put the camera out the front, back, up, down, angled, where the sun don't shine and then some

I especially like the wide angle looking straight up shot through the trees, it seems to capture the experience/feeling of riding off road, for me anyway.

If anyone is interested in the gadgets I've gone into more detail in my blog:

http://unplannedismounts.com/2009/05...o-wide-camera/

http://unplannedismounts.com/2009/05...ak-barxtender/

@simonb: yes that's the new rim. It rocks! The 29er feels a lot more like a big brother to the 24 vs a hybrid. Some more info/pics of the 29er rim at
http://unplannedismounts.com/2009/05...-29-road-test/

[uni98]

that's a nice little gadget you have! I liked the up view in the trees it looks really magical and stuff.

[lunicycle]

Posted an updated version, tidied a few smaller details and found a snippet of the camera crashing into the ground so had to add that, at 3.30

YouTube - KH 29" Freeride Unicycle Single...

[4umfreak]

Neat gadget!
When you first see it, it looks as if you ride with your frame rock steady - until your brain clues in that the camera is actually moving with the frame.

-M

[lunicycle]

Originally Posted by 4umfreak

Neat gadget!
When you first see it, it looks as if you ride with your frame rock steady - until your brain clues in that the camera is actually moving with the frame.

yeah absolutely!

the weirdest view is when the camera is mounted to your helmet - like at the very end of the video, so your head appears to remain rock steady and everything else is moving... very weird!

in the frame mounted positions i think the setup does a good job of capturing the feeling of unicycling, which is really neat. once the wet weather clears i'm planning to get some off road footage on the 36'er.

[Tucson Uni]

I'd be afraid to ride with that frame mount. The video would be cool until I would upd and bash the camera into a rock

[dangerdog]

hey lunicycle nice video,that camera is very wide angle and looks fairly convenient to use.I've been playing around with a little cmos lens that you can put just about anywhere but is time consuming to set up with power supply and video cable to a video camera recording in my backpack.Here is a picture with it taped to my fork.I think there is probably a few more angles to find yet.

[lunicycle]

@ Tucson Uni: Yeah it's fairly risky with the camera sticking out the front. If I think there's too much change of UPD'ing I either don't use that camera on the uni at all, or have it around the back.

@ dangerdog: cool mate! Is there a way to screw a fish eye adapter onto that? I saw some of those style cameras when I was looking into the GoPro but they were too much $, and from having used a friend's GoPro Wide before in cars I liked the angle of view. The rate the GoPro eats batteries though is a bummer.