How to record a ride - mounted cameras?

I would like to record some rides on my bike, and was wondering which type of camera would be good to do so and where to mount it.
I read once on this forum that you can put a normal video camera in a tankbag? Are the helmet cam options affordable, and good quality?

Ive used a helmet cam on my enduro and got some pretty good results (till mud gets on the lens!).

Have a word with seggons on here.
Ive seen the vids he produces from his bike cam and they are better than anything I have done.

[yorkie_chris]

I got a dogcam 520 line cam and a digital recorder for £130 IIRC, that was used in perfect nick. I'm considering selling it

[the_lone_wolf]

Provida, they even give you a printout of your calibrated top speed...

Not cheap though

Here is a PM I sent to someone that asked a similar question.

"My setup is this chasecam recorder with this bullet camera mounted onto the side of my radiator.

There is many many different options you could go for. For example if you wanted something cheap then you could use the ATC-3000. The pros of this camera is it's all built in to the camera and it's cheap. The cons are that the quality isn't up to much (search youtube for vids) and the mic is built in which gives crummy sound at anything quicker then walking pace.

The next step up is this little package. I have owned this one in the past and it's not a bad package overall. It works and gives a gives a good image but it can get a bit temperamental if used allot which is what made me choose the chasecam.

The next step from there is the package that I have. While it is very expensive it does give an amazing picture (DVD quality) and is reliable.

There are many many other options (check out the dogcamsport site to see). If you already have a camcorder that has a AV input then you could just buy a bullet camera and plug it into the camcorder. "

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I got a dogcam 520 line cam and a digital recorder for £130 IIRC, that was used in perfect nick. I'm considering selling it

what digital recorder do you have?
i have the same, a 520 dogcam, but im using a Mustek PVR400 as recording unit and its rubish as it's not solid state, so too many vibrations and the file gets corrupted..

Seggons.. what kind of problems did you find with the DV500? I was looking at that a couple of weeks ago... but at 235.. ouch!

Thanks for the replies. Seggons the first set up is wayyyy out of my budget, but the second one seems more like it.

YC - have you got any videos i can see of the camera? I may be interested depending on quality and price.

Originally Posted by [JP]

Seggons.. what kind of problems did you find with the DV500?

I personally found the connections inside the DV500 'wore out' which resulted in a loose connection so I had to send it back to get a new one. The other problem I had was general bad handling of the recording which resulted in the unit freezing at a random point or corrupting the files.

so if i got one of the dog-cam bullet cameras and hooked it up to a dv camcorder what sort of quality should i see?