Mountain Biking With The New Camera

Posted in Cycling on September 30th, 2009 by corey

The upper loop of Quarry Mesa Trail:

The same loop, opposite direction, following a friend:

And finally, the trail back down off the mesa (with a nearly flat tire)

These were all edited with AVIDemux, and resized with ffmpeg. The soundtracks were mixed with Audacity.

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New Helmet Cam

Posted in Computer stuff, Cycling on September 26th, 2009 by corey

Recently I won a VoldR Contour HD helmet camera from a contest at Singletracks.com.

I haven’t been able to go mountain biking since it arrived, and I couldn’t wait any longer, so this afternoon I attached it to my bike and went for a spin around the cul-de-sac.

As you’ll recall, my old helmet cam filmed like this:

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The new camera is AWESOME! It can film in 720p HD, and the difference is stunning:

VholdrR first test from Corey Maddocks on Vimeo.

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Posted in Asides on September 23rd, 2009 by corey

The engine crapped out in our Kia Sorento with only 65,000 miles. That “10 year – 100,000 mile” powertrain warranty they advertise on TV?

For original owner only.

So it’s just that, an advertisement, they don’t really stand behind their junk cars at all.

Screw Kia…

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Posted in Asides on September 14th, 2009 by corey

Kia makes crappy cars.

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The Race Across The Sky

Posted in Cycling on September 11th, 2009 by corey

If you’re not a mountain biker, or married to one, you probably have never heard of the Leadville Trail 100 race.

This year, in his second attempt, Lance Armstrong won it, and they are making a movie out of it!

We’ll be in Moab that day, so maybe:

  • They’ll show it in the theater there
  • I can talk Jen into seeing it
  • We can talk the kids into seeing it

Probably not, but I’ll sure be in line to get the DVD!