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Ride up to Snowbird
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Ride up to Snowbird
After experiencing some unusually warm winter weather, I took a chance on the road up to Snowbird Ski Resort being snow and ice free so I could get a picture for the monthly photo challenge. Note to future self, don’t go up at such a time when you will be coming down with all the skiers leaving the resort. 15 minutes up, 1 hour 15 minutes to get back down.

I also wanted to experiment with placement of my external lavalier mic to capture engine and exhaust sounds to get rid of the overpowering wind noise that a chin mounted GoPro inevitably experiences. It did okay, I guess. It picked up a lot of chain noise however, and made the shifting sound quite a bit louder and clunkier. It also seemed to loose the crisp pop of the exhaust too and at times sounded like the volume overwhelms the mic. At least the wind noise seems to be gone though which means my foam baffle appears to be doing its job.



(This post was last modified: 02-26-2024 02:18 AM by Cormanus.)
02-25-2024 07:38 AM
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Ride up to Snowbird
Looked like a nice ride, what state is that?

Its funny the whole ride up you could be starring at that traffic on the other side going "cuss I gotta be in that on the way home" haha

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02-25-2024 07:43 AM
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RE: Ride up to Snowbird
(02-25-2024 07:43 AM)mvk24 Wrote:  Looked like a nice ride, what state is that?

Its funny the whole ride up you could be starring at that traffic on the other side going "cuss I gotta be in that on the way home" haha

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The thought occurred to me quite early, but perhaps this was the trailing end of the rush down I was passing. As I kept going up I realized that I was deluding myself and it was already too late. Utah by the way. Here to be precise.

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02-25-2024 07:51 AM
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Ride up to Snowbird
Looked like beautiful country thats for sure.

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02-25-2024 07:52 AM
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RE: Ride up to Snowbird
Nice video to see your ride, hear your bike. I want to explore Utah a lot more. But yeah, ski traffic. I've had a number of unpleasant returns from Mt. Hood after a fun day of skiing. One car sliding into another, and now the hour drive home takes 3 or 4.
02-25-2024 08:00 AM
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RE: Ride up to Snowbird
That is some really nice audio capture quality, Whoops.

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02-25-2024 08:44 AM
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RE: Ride up to Snowbird
Whoops, are you chasing your own shadow Thumbs Up
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02-25-2024 09:10 AM
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RE: Ride up to Snowbird
Whoops: In some instances of the video, what is with all the "rural" congestion in the opposite direction?

>>> Spring is an extension to the riding season. ¯\(ツ)/¯ <<<
02-25-2024 03:13 PM
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RE: Ride up to Snowbird
(02-25-2024 03:13 PM)GoldOxide Wrote:  Whoops: In some instances of the video, what is with all the "rural" congestion in the opposite direction?

That traffic consists primarily of the skiers that are leaving the resort for the day. It was about 4:30 PM which is about the time the lifts stop operating and everyone heads home/back to their hotels in the city.
02-25-2024 09:35 PM
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RE: Ride up to Snowbird
(02-25-2024 09:35 PM)Whoops Wrote:  That traffic consists primarily of the skiers that are leaving the resort for the day. It was about 4:30 PM which is about the time the lifts stop operating and everyone heads home/back to their hotels in the city.

That makes sense.

>>> Spring is an extension to the riding season. ¯\(ツ)/¯ <<<
02-26-2024 05:29 AM
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