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I'm not sure why but I wanted a helmet cam so I could record my trips on the bike. Its a pretty cheap way to record trips and relive rides. I don't do a great deal of "in-town" riding but have begun to take trips out of town on Sundays. I've been to Parrish, Wauchula and I'm going to Palmetto real soon. Anyway, I got me a cheap little helmet cam and this is for my biking friends up North. This is from the East heading across the bay toward St. Petersburg. The Skyway Bridge is pretty neat (and I hear that you can go 105 under certain circumstances).


Not much is going to happen and I am still working on editing; you can add titles and music, but I gotta study that stuff first. This was a trial run and it worked fine. The toll guy noticed the camera and I told him to smile. Around the 5:45 minute mark there are some pelicans to my right and I worried a bit about a bird strike. There is also a pickup with "I Support the Pack" on the back that passes me with flags flying. Otherwise it is a little rough ride due to Hurricane Ida whipping up the winds. You can see some whitecaps in the ocean.

Viewing Note: Let the film buffer all the way through first. Push 'start' and then when it gets going push 'pause'. Then go have a cup of coffee, rake the yard, or check yesterdays football highlights on ESPN. Come back and push 'start' again when it has buffered all the way through.

You can also push the button just to the right of the speaker icon to make it full screen.

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  1. Neighbor TimNovember 10, 2009 at 8:34 PM

    That was cool!!! Thanks for sharing, that's one hellavu bridge and alot of water!

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  2. UnknownNovember 12, 2009 at 9:49 AM

    Yeah that was real alright! Beautiful scenery. Like U say having the cam is just like being there, except this is the first ride without all that wind. LOL! I wish I could say that I enjoyed this ride with U but.... for real.. that for me would be 6:52 minutes of shear hell for me. :) Even watching made me light headed. That I would say would be the bridge that would make or break my fear of bridges/water. Glad U had a nice time that day. :)

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