Carry DSLR Camera While Cycling 攜帶單眼照相機騎腳踏車

Somebody feel its troublesome carrying a DSLR camera while cycling, because DSLR camera is bulkier than point-and-shoot digital camera, and most DSLR camera photographers would inevitably carry one or two extra lenses, this make camera packs even heavier and bulkier, thus make it uncomfortable to carry using a shoulder strap while cycling. Especially here we have warmer and more humid climate, which make backpacking even harder to tolerate.

The main points of how to carry a DSLR camera while cycling are: first, safely guard the camera from road shocks and dropping; second, handy to use, without the need to unload camera pack before taking pictures; third, free your body from the burden of camera weight.

I got a handlebar bag, which is stoutly constructed, having soft interior liners, has an insulated cylindrical cloth chamber for carry a warm or cool drink bottle, and a front flattened compartment for carrying small items.

I experimented with this bag to carry my DSLR camera while cycling a few times, the result is satisfactory. I put my DSLR, with a standard or shorter long-lens mounted on, in the main chamber. Insert the longest lens into the cylindrical cloth chamber, they fit nicely, and won't collide with the camera body in the main chamber. Other small accessories are stored in the front compartment.

While cycling the suspension function of the front fork would absorb part of the shocks caused by rugged road surfaces. So the shocks transmitted to the handlebar were reduced. Because the handlebar bag was hanged instead of being seated on the handlebar, the remaining shocks transmitted to the handlebar bag were then softened further, providing a relatively comfortable cabin for the camera. Therefore unless riding in a rather challenging trail, it's unlikely the usual riding shocks would hurt the camera.

Other tips on achieving this safely: Choose a stoutly built handlebar bag with thicker and finer liners. Choose a handlebar bag fixing seat that match your bag and strong enough. There's ever a case in which a big cycling accessory company recalled one model of its fixing seat, because a riding accident happened due to a cyclist clashed upon the handlebar bag fallen from a broken fixing seat produced by this company. Don't put all your shooting equipments into the handlebar bag; the road shocks would put extra pressures on the bag, and too much weight will make the handlebar difficult to maneuver.

攜帶單眼照相機騎腳踏車的確有點令人頭疼,因為它的體積比較龐大,而且大部分單眼照相機的使用者都會再加帶一、二支鏡頭,這使得相機包變得又大又重,用肩帶背著騎實在很不舒服,尤其在我們這裡氣候溫熱又潮濕,使用背包背其實也不怎麼好受.

騎腳踏車該如何攜帶單眼照相機的考慮重點有:安全保護相機,避免路面振動和掉落的傷害;方便使用,不需解開相機包綁帶即可使用;免除身體背負重擔.

我找到了一個做得蠻強韌、有柔軟襯裡主置物室的手把袋,它有一個圓筒型、用來裝冷熱水瓶的隔熱小布袋,前面另有一個扁平的、放隨身小物品的置物室.

我試用這個手把袋裝單眼照相機騎腳踏車好幾次,結果令人滿意. 我把裝上標準鏡頭或較短長鏡頭的機身放在主置物室裡,把最長的鏡頭塞進圓筒型的水瓶袋內,這不但非常適配而且也不會和機身發生碰撞,其他小配件則放入前置物室.

騎乘的時候避震前叉會吸收部份不平路面產生的振動,所以傳遞到手把的振動就減少了.而手把袋是懸掛在手把上,不是'坐' 在手把上的,因此傳遞到手把袋的振動會被進一步軟化,提供相機一個安適的棲身之所. 因此除非是在相當顛簸的小徑騎乘,否則相機是不太可能被震壞的.

其他安全上應注意的事項: 選擇牢固的、襯裡較厚而且細緻的手把袋. 選擇堅固的、和手把袋搭配的固定座.曾有一家大腳踏車配件廠因固定座斷裂,手把袋掉落被腳踏車手壓上摔倒的意外事件,而全部回收該型固定座. 不要把所有的攝影器材統統塞進手把袋,路面振動會給手把袋帶來額外的壓力,而且太重會影響手把的控制.