[Pepsiboy700]

Ok ive always wondered what it would be like to put a camera on my bike when me and my friends race down the busy streets of my town. I would get the camera for that and for videos me and my friends do for stunts. It couldnt be over $400 and has to be durable but has really good quality. I was looking at dv cameras and the interface can be whatever. Im custom making a bracket on my bike so its really sturdy but has suspension so it doesnt get every bump and making it so the only way the camera can get hit is if someone hits it with their hands or if i flip foward which wont happen because i have no front brakes. Tapes arent an issue cause my dad has alot but shouldnt be neccessary if i put it all on my pc.

[ZeMetroid]

Lol, my cousin ryan did that once. But it was in the 1990's, so it was not a small little camera, it was one of those big video recorder ones.

He was going down a hill upstate that was about 300 feet tall, his bike crashed into a rock on the hill, and he went flying like 45 feet in the air into a huge pile of leaves (luckily*)

If he hadn't, he would probably be dead.

[uzi9mm]

well you dont want a mini-DV camera. mini-DV cameras use very small and use presice mechanisms to operate the camera, that is the last type of camera you want mounted on a bike. They are very delicate.

If you want a digital camcorder, go with a Digital 8. They use bigger internal parts, and they are also built on tried and reliable technology. But I still do not recommend using a digital camcorder on a bike. Both cameras will be subjected to "byte fallout" (when certain parts of a video pixelate in a horizontal rectangle)

If you are willing to go analog, get a $190, VHS-C camcorder from walmart, just throw it away when it breaks, or sell it on ebay. But if you want to edit the footage, your gonna need a capture device for the computer.