Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Rylo

Update below.

I have added the Rylo to my arsenal of cameras. Really hoping it will be a valuable tool and provide my channel with something unique.  I have only played with it very briefly and I think it will take some time to get it dialed in and learn how best to use it.
So far it seems like there are lots of small drawbacks, short record times, no external battery charger, the need for High Capacity and High Speed ($) SD cards. Time will tell.



Update:
So I have the Rylo for a couple weeks. I have purchased the Adventure case and 2 128 GB SD cards and 2 more batteries (4 total now).  With the 128 SD I get 233 minutes of record time which is really enough for a day of riding. The battery situation is not great but not terrible either. 2 Batteries lasted most of a day at Killington and some download time on the ride home.  Two more and I should be good. Charging is still an issue as I will have to swap them all in and out. :(

We did some follow cam and it is awesome!! Really really good at getting the rider behind. I did some more hip shots but it was not placed well so ended with a bunch of footage of my elbow. I am going to work on getting it mounted on my upper thigh and hopes that will work better.

Editing is a Pain and Awesome. So the process is you really have to do an edit on the phone. So you watch the video, do some edits, save the video to the phone, air drop it the mac, add to video folder, import to mac editor. Took me days to get through the footage from a day at the park. The phone editor is really good though, just a time consuming process.


Monday, June 4, 2018

Early Season Riding

Been having a blast ripping the DH parks so far this season. With 6 days already spent DHing my progress has been awesome. Picked up where I left off last year and have made some significant improvements in my jumping skill.  I have been putting in a few "shorter" days at Killington just due to life being busy. Its been an awesome start and as long as I can avoid injury it will be a sick season.
The YT Tues has been a big game changer and probably the most beneficial aspect to riding a Big Bike is that its a lot more forgiving to my body. Its also super fun due to the higher speeds achievable.  It ups the ante for the crash factor but its been a fair trade off. The bike is mostly dialed in but I need to continue to tweak settings to hopefully get it perfect.
I have a Rylo cam on order that should be here mid week. I'm hoping it adds an element to my videos that will help elevate them to the next level.  The footage I have seen looks great but I am not seeing that many MTB folks using them in new or creative ways and the reviews as a MTB POV has not been that positive. Fingers Crossed on the Rylo.
I am hoping that when Jennifer heals up we can get some time at Kingdom and I would love to get back to Vietnam and Beebe Hill.  I am also really hoping she's cool with the new bike that I bought. I blame 90% of her injury on the bike she was riding. So with a new ride that is capable of the trails we ride I am really hoping she can mentally get past the injury and continue on the path she started this season on. She had been making major skills and confidence improvements.

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