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All My Junk — In One Place

(Shakey) Fast motion video of my 14 mile bike ride to Ruston’s Mitcham Peach Orchard.

Music is 1,000,000 by Nine Inch Nails and McFearless by Kings of Leon.

Blog post on how to make your own bike camera mount at:

http://benwoodall.com/2009/06/diy-bike-camera-mount/

~Ben

So with all the bike riding I do, I thought it only made sense to try to show you all the places I go.  Enter the DIY Bike Camera Mount.  I’m way to cheap (and intelligent) to spend $50 on a store bought camera mount, so I figure I might as well just make my own.  So here’s how it’s done:

What You Need

• reflector mount (I went to our local bike shop, Turbo Goat, and got one for free.)(BTW, Turbo Goat, if ya’ll need a web designer, look me up.  Not saying ya’lls website sucks, but it sucks…)
• 2″ x 1/4″ 20 thread screw
• a nut for the screw
• 1/4″ wing nut
• 1/4″ metal washer
• Two 1/4″ rubber washers

Push the screw through the hole in the reflector mount.  After that, put on a rubber washer and the metal washer.  Tighten it down with the nut.

Throw on the wing nut, upside-down, and then throw another rubber washer on top.

That’s it! Screw your camera down onto it and then position it’s height and horizontal with the wing nut.  Voila!

Here’s the first video I’ve made.  It’s of my 14 mile Peach Orchard trek :

http://benwoodall.com/2009/06/14-mile-peach-orchard-bike-pov-cam/

~Ben

So this is the ride I try to do every day.  It’s pretty challenging.

Things to note:

a) they call this piney hills country for a reason.

b) it’s fun to dodge traffic.

c) the peach orchard makes for a great half way point.

d) Ashland Hill is my new Everest, or K2 or whatever. Conquered it yesterday in mid 6.

Click on the pic above for a Google Pedometer Map or go to

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2841117

Feel free to hit me up if you want to go! It’s a great ride.

~Ben