Helmet Camera Mount

helmet camera mount Video Review

Instructions on how to mount a camera on sports helmets using the Intova Universal Camera Mount....

Watch an F1 circuit through a driver's helmet-cam

, But despite a multitude of creative placements on the car they've never really gotten the perspective of the driver just right. Until now.

For your viewing pleasure, Lucas di Grassi mounted a minicam on his helmet and took Pirelli's tire-tester Toyota F1 car for a quick run around Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, giving us the best sense ever of what - and how - a driver actually sees through the visor. Don't be surprised if your head starts leaning into high-g corners along with his. The camera may only be able to track where his head is pointing instead of picking up eye movement, but until they can plug a video recorder straight into his cerebral cortex this is about as good as it gets - and it is very, very good.

If your Forza 4-jaded self thinks he's taking it easy on this lap, you may have a point: he was driving with one eye. The camera covered the other one. Please don't try this in traffic.

My Cold Wet Foot (written way back in 2008)

A quick mental scan of my riding-buddy-list knocked it down to less than 4 candidates. The filter on this particular occasion was rather fine. The first condition, which sliced 90% of the list, was the fact that I had to be on the road headed to my favorite trail by 6:30am and, the second, which took care of the rest of the list, was the speed at which I wanted to do the trail. My plan was to do two fast loops in time to make it back for a family thing (dad’s 65th) starting at around 2pm. Being a Saturday morning, most of said friends would certainly be in no condition to ride that early in the day let alone at almost race pace. It didn’t take long (only 4 phone calls) before my short list was exhausted and my ride plans were changed to a solo outing. Extra provisions would now need to be packed but, it didn’t bother me.