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Laserface posted:my personal favorite is fixie rider who sit at the lights maintaining balance on the pedals while their calf muscles try not to self-immolate from the load. it looks hilarious and accomplishes nothing. They might have clip in pedals and don't want to unclip.
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Coredump posted:They might have clip in pedals and don't want to unclip. That doesn't really help their case, bolting your feet to a mechanism with no freewheel capability seems like a recipe for being horribly maimed.
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Laserface posted:my personal favorite is fixie rider who sit at the lights maintaining balance on the pedals while their calf muscles try not to self-immolate from the load. it looks hilarious and accomplishes nothing. I don't ride a fixie, but I will track stand at short lights. It makes sense, because you generally maintain some forward momentium, which is easier to overcome. It is easier to start from a trackstand than from a foot on the ground. Also, it looks way harder than it actually is, I can do it with a lightly loaded touring bike as long as the weight is balanced.
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Could fly out the way quickly, or slowly toddle along to the sides of the road. Fuckin birds man.
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Coredump posted:They might have clip in pedals and don't want to unclip. Clipless pedals (called that because they don't have the old style straps that you can't get out of easily) combined with a fixie? I can see people being that stupid, but, wow.
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Ludicro posted:Could fly out the way quickly, or slowly toddle along to the sides of the road. Keep driving normally until they fly (or die).
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Jul 14, 2015 22:08
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They're reneging on the deal!
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Jul 15, 2015 06:06
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How did you Mobius guys attach yours to the car? Mine came with a black sleeve thing and some velcro but I'm a little concerned about vibrations.
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Jul 15, 2015 07:46
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two_beer_bishes posted:How did you Mobius guys attach yours to the car? Mine came with a black sleeve thing and some velcro but I'm a little concerned about vibrations. Rubber sucker on the windscreen. No issues with vibrations. When I finally get round to mounting it permanently, I'll probably get the mount with 3M tape.
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spog posted:Rubber sucker on the windscreen. No issues with vibrations. Thanks, I'll give that a shot!
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two_beer_bishes posted:Thanks, I'll give that a shot!
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I used the adhesive mount for my Mobius. It gets it a bit closer to the windshield than the suction mount.
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Jul 15, 2015 13:15
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I use something like this. It was like five bucks on eBay. 
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For my Mobius I use a Scosche magnetic mount. Makes it really easy to pull out of the car. Edit: this mount bobfather fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Jul 15, 2015 |
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<foul language, fair warning> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksWu75Kt2bA
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[arresteddevelopment] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7tPhTooXuk "I've made a huge mistake..." [/arresteddevelopment]
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Takes No Damage posted:[arresteddevelopment] Perfect soundtrack.
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I crossposted in the Schadenfreude thread and holy poo poo goons hate A Silver Mt. Zion 
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Takes No Damage posted:I crossposted in the Schadenfreude thread and holy poo poo goons hate A Silver Mt. Zion
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Krakkles posted:Is that the lovely music that was playing, then? I just watched that and my dog started whining.
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 Next time I have anything to show I'm gonna add in a post rock soundtrack just for SA 
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xzzy posted:That doesn't really help their case, bolting your feet to a mechanism with no freewheel capability seems like a recipe for being horribly maimed. As compared to your feet coming off of the pedals while the cranks continue to rotate, breaking both of your ankles even before you crash? It's a bit like saying being strapped in a car while is crashes is a recipe for being maimed - normal people call them seatbelts.
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Takes No Damage posted:[arresteddevelopment] It took me a re-watch to see where the mistake was. Seems that 11ft8 has a cousin!
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Almost rear-ended a guy on the way home today, even though I was doing >30mph and 5-6 car lengths back. My eyes were on him the whole time, but panicked for a split second when I noticed I was gaining on him very quickly. I didn't even notice he'd come to a stop. His brake lights are full-on when I pull up to him, and they blink off at about :19. The next little while is stop and go as I watch his back end like a hawk. From the looks of his tail gate, I'm not the first person with whom he's almost caused a wreck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5iVwzeahA8 NoWake fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Jul 21, 2015 |
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Jul 20, 2015 23:42
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NoWake posted:Almost rear-ended a guy on the way home today, even though I was doing >30mph and 5-6 car lengths back. My eyes were on him the whole time, but panicked for a split second when I noticed I was gaining on him very quickly. I didn't even notice he'd come to a stop. Those taillights are lovely but the worst is the new trend of people driving with both feet in automatics. They rest their left foot on the brake pedal all the time, and in most modern vehicles the pedal is sensitive enough to light up the brake lights all the time. Years ago I thought I was seeing a rash of cars with electrical problems until I noticed it happening to a friends car and put it together watching them drive. I've stopped trusting brake lights altogether because of this,
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NoWake posted:Almost rear-ended a guy on the way home today, even though I was doing >30mph and 5-6 car lengths back. My eyes were on him the whole time, but panicked for a split second when I noticed I was gaining on him very quickly. I didn't even notice he'd come to a stop. Jesus, are those aftermarket? I really do think that it should be a requirement that brake lights light up a different part of the taillight, as I do have this poo poo on some cars when the CHMSL is burned out.
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Been following the thread for a while off and on, really great videos posted throughout. Was wondering if the camera model in the OP is still a good choice, or if y'all have a more recent one that's recommended.8ender posted:Those taillights are lovely but the worst is the new trend of people driving with both feet in automatics. They rest their left foot on the brake pedal all the time, and in most modern vehicles the pedal is sensitive enough to light up the brake lights all the time. Years ago I thought I was seeing a rash of cars with electrical problems until I noticed it happening to a friends car and put it together watching them drive. I've stopped trusting brake lights altogether because of this, This and what seems like more people running around with their hi beams on at whatever time of the day. There's always been people that'll turn on their hi beams when they notice a headlight is out, since they think it's the "smart" thing to do so they don't get a ticket, but I swear I'm seeing more people on average just cruising around with them on. Well, that and a ton of people with no lights on at night since newer cars have DRLs and a gauge cluster that's always lit. But it's also Texas and we don't check headlight adjustment in the annual vehicle inspection. edit Takes No Damage posted:[arresteddevelopment] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mUEUwdhsn4&t=248s Sir Tonk fucked around with this message at 13:55 on Jul 21, 2015 |
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Maybe manufacturers are using super cheap springs in their toggles that make it easier to inadvertently turn on the high beams? I've noticed on a couple newer cars I've been in lately the throw distance can be super small too.
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Sir Tonk posted:Been following the thread for a while off and on, really great videos posted throughout. Was wondering if the camera model in the OP is still a good choice, or if y'all have a more recent one that's recommended. The G1W is ok if you want a camera on the cheap but expect to have to replace them after a year or so, I've gone through 2 so far (though my current one has been chugging along for about 2 years with no issues). Definitely make sure to get one with a capacitor instead of a battery, the batteries have been known to explode if your car gets too hot, even in the northern US. The Mobius definitely seems to be the way to go if you ware willing to spend just a few more bucks, I don't think anyone in here that has one has complained about it. There's also the Mini series (0801, 0803, 0805, 0806) which seem to be alright but IMO aren't any better than the Mobius and seem to have more firmware issues. The general advice is if you are looking to get into dashcams for as little as possible then get the G1W (Make sure you get it from BlueSkySea, EPRANCE, or BlackBox), if you're willing to spend just a bit more, get a Mobius with capacitor and possibly a "C" lens (wide angle). If you have no problem spending a lot more money theres a decent list of excellent cameras.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69flEwKTCHI Got to almost take my nose off and illegally undertake another car to save that 0.1s to the next turn! The loud beep was me hitting the manual protect video function.
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Monoprice just put out a couple of dashcams: GoSafe 118 720p GoSafe 520 2560x1080 Interesting to see what reviews look like.
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freelop posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69flEwKTCHI How about a Porsche ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99pWDPe16vw BMWs ? Got them too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWN4b8iDGjI Spatule fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Jul 21, 2015 |
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Scruff McGruff posted:The G1W is ok if you want a camera on the cheap but expect to have to replace them after a year or so, I've gone through 2 so far (though my current one has been chugging along for about 2 years with no issues). Definitely make sure to get one with a capacitor instead of a battery, the batteries have been known to explode if your car gets too hot, even in the northern US. Killer, thanks. I watched a bunch of techmoan's videos and got a Mini 806 for one of my cars to try it out. Probably going to try one of the nicer ones you listed at the end for the Mercury. Man, I thought American drivers were bad. Sir Tonk fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Jul 21, 2015 |
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freelop posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69flEwKTCHI Asked my cousin who works in car insurance about what would have happened in that instance if I had hit the BMW , didn't have the cam and he fought the claim. 9/10 times he would have won based on the damage being in the back of his car.
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NoWake posted:Almost rear-ended a guy on the way home today, even though I was doing >30mph and 5-6 car lengths back. My eyes were on him the whole time, but panicked for a split second when I noticed I was gaining on him very quickly. I didn't even notice he'd come to a stop. I thought of you today while following an old Mitsubishi Eclipse in stop and go traffic on I-10. At some point the Mitsu had been rear-ended, not much sheet metal damage, but both tail lights had been broken. The owner had fixed this in the only sensible way, with multiple layers of red duct tape. The brake lights were about as visible as you would imagine with this fantastic repair method in place. The left one was barely visible if you squinted, the right one I don't think was actually working at all. To top it off, the center brake light, which actually did work, was behind the worlds darkest window tint, because it was too hard to tint around I guess? Too boring to bother pulling dash-cam footage, but it made me think of this thread and the 'no brake lights' video.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Monoprice just put out a couple of dashcams: I hope these are good cams. Even though they're still some random chinese camera I'd trust Monoprice to have some sort of quality control over a random amazon seller.
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Just received my Mini 0805 from Gearbest. I'm still waiting on my circular polarizer, I'll have to figure out a mounting solution. 2560x1080 looks great, the screen is helpful getting it set up and the GPS mount means I can have a location and speed stamp on the videos. I thought about getting the 0806 but the teething issues scared me off. Plus it's $65 USD on Gearbest right now vs $119 for the 0806. http://www.gearbest.com/car-dvr/pp_113549.html
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oxbrain posted:I use something like this. It was like five bucks on eBay. This is what I ended up getting. Got it all wired up today, mounted the camera behind the rear view mirror, went to plus the power cable in and the goddamn mirror is blocking it! I had to use my interior panel pry tools to pry the glued mount from the glass then I used the velcro the camera came with to attach the mount to the glass. I'm happy and done though, except I just need to figure out a way to keep the wires in place along the side and the headliner!
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two_beer_bishes posted:This is what I ended up getting. Got it all wired up today, mounted the camera behind the rear view mirror, went to plus the power cable in and the goddamn mirror is blocking it! I had to use my interior panel pry tools to pry the glued mount from the glass then I used the velcro the camera came with to attach the mount to the glass. I'm happy and done though, except I just need to figure out a way to keep the wires in place along the side and the headliner!
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This TaoTronics TT-CD04 is on sale for $40 today with coupon. This is impulse buy territory, but I'd rather spend more on something proven. Any thoughts?
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