The Fat Gecko from Delkin is a video camera mount which clamps onto your bike’s handlebars and lets you shoot as you ride. It’s billed as lightweight, rugged and can remain attached for quick-releasing the camera.
On paper, it looks fantastic. So, what’s the problem? The problem is that you can do exactly the same using an old bike reflector, a machine bolt and five minutes of your time. The home-made mount, which we covered last month, appears to be every bit as functional as the Delkin widget, only it costs a few cents instead of $65.
The one advantage of the Fat Gecko is that it seems strong enough to hold a higher-end camcorder or DSLR. These are also exactly the expensive kind of cameras that you don’t want to strap to a shaking, rattling bike as it rocks its way down the mountainside. Sure, you could mount it on a road-bike and take it for a spin around the silky-smooth velodrome but that’s not going to make a very exciting movie. What we need is some kind of proper, shock-absorbing mount that also weighs almost nothing. Only then will we get a Rendezvous for bikes. Also, Delkin, would it kill you to put a slightly bigger product picture on your page?
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