If you watched my iPhone live streams yesterday, you saw my camera fall several times and heard me say I’d likely get a RAM Mount to resolve the problem. A RAM handlebar mount for a bike cost $34.50 plus shipping. RAM has very good mounts. I have several.

I do not think this is the best solution where a rider needs to adjust the phone’s position to shoot video. Loosing the handle releases friction on the balls, the phone moves, as well as the mount.

I looked for another solution and the possibility of  saving $45 – $50 and is safer to operate. So RAM—NOT!

Going to my resource of non-throwaways, I retrieved one of my cheap tripods [used it last to hold my tablet PC; removed the  tripod head; and then began to figure out how to make it work for me. I want functionality for the quad, my uprights, and my Catrike 700—Silk. Well, I think this will work. The quad setup has to be tested. I’ll use a boom to allow for both near and somewhat distant shots. More on that later.

For the Citi, here are more pictures: [also flickr]

The handlebar mount is a fairing mount from my RANS Stratus XP. It can be used on the handlebars of my road bikes and on a horizontal bar of the CT700. You see it on my Crank Forward. The project took awhile—up until 5:00 a.m. EST and back up at 7:00 a.m. Project finished at 1:00 p.m. today. I had a few problems here and there [brass does not like too much torque]. Anyway, I like the completed holder for my OWLE Bubo with iPhone 3GS enclosed for live video streaming to the Internet. I can pan & tilt easier than I would have been able to with a RAM handlebar mount. My principal concern is operating my cycles safely. This setup lets me do that, plus no money spent—no time wasted waiting for another shipment.

If I have time, I’ll try to get a test “live-stream” ride in before the end of the day. It is now 2:45 p.m. and I am publishing this article.