Hawaii_Ed
Member
I have been having alot of adventure on my shiftkit bike, and wanted to find a way to show some of it. I have a few nice cameras, and just needed a secure way to mount them. Of course I can order off the shelf stuff, but shipping to hawaii is always crazy (if they ship at all), and I wanted a homemade option.
Dunno if it has been covered here, but here is what I did:
- Went to home depot with my camera, tried some bolts, and found it is 1/4 #20 thread.
- Bought 6 feet of 1/4 #20 threaded rod, 1/4 fender washers, 1/4" nuts, some regular washers, and a 1.5" 1/4 carriage bolt.
- I took an old reflector mount, drilled out the hole to 1/4"
- cut the threaded rod to length. One tip is to almost cut through the rod, the break it by bending inwards, will leave a clean thread that way.
- Attached the rod to the handle bars with a nut and a wing nut
- Put an upside down wingnut on for a cam-mount, with a fender washer to give a little more camera support.
The end result is very secure, and looks good, although I will not leave a threaded rod sticking up on my handle bars full time. I am an EMT and have seen too many strange accidents!
I filmed a vid, working on getting it on you-tube, but here is the handlebar mount.
Dunno if it has been covered here, but here is what I did:
- Went to home depot with my camera, tried some bolts, and found it is 1/4 #20 thread.
- Bought 6 feet of 1/4 #20 threaded rod, 1/4 fender washers, 1/4" nuts, some regular washers, and a 1.5" 1/4 carriage bolt.
- I took an old reflector mount, drilled out the hole to 1/4"
- cut the threaded rod to length. One tip is to almost cut through the rod, the break it by bending inwards, will leave a clean thread that way.
- Attached the rod to the handle bars with a nut and a wing nut
- Put an upside down wingnut on for a cam-mount, with a fender washer to give a little more camera support.
The end result is very secure, and looks good, although I will not leave a threaded rod sticking up on my handle bars full time. I am an EMT and have seen too many strange accidents!
I filmed a vid, working on getting it on you-tube, but here is the handlebar mount.