Some people seem to have had a little difficulty in figuring out how to use the different mount options that comes with each WillCam, so I put these instructions together to help.
The bike mount options
First up, we’ll look at the options for mounting the WillCam to your bicycle (not your helmet). Your new WillCam comes with multiple mounting options are standard. The simplest of which is the X-mount, which is shown in this pic:
The X-mount has a simple wingnut to tighten it. Undo the wingnut until you can slide one end over the stem of your bike (depending on the stem thickness), or perhaps the top tube of your bike’s frame (not on carbon frames!). The camera slides in the other end, then you can simply tighten the wingnut till it’s all secure.
The next bike-mount option is shown below, and is intended to mount the camera on the handlebars. Remember, the camera can be mounted above, or below the bars – the video will automatically adjust. What that means is if you mounted the camera upside down, with the buttons underneath the camera body, the video will still be the right way up.
The mount shown below is half of what’s needed to fit the camera. Where the confusion slips in is with the rubber pad: from the factory it’s not pushed down. The pics below show it not pushed down, and shows it after I manually pushed it down, exposing the grab-screw that will attach the other part of the mount. You may need to push the rubber pad down, so the mount resembles the 1st pic on the left.
The helmet mount
Your new WillCam comes with a helmet mount, too. This is the mount I use for my own forward-facing camera. Again, you probably will need to push the rubber pad down, to expose the silver grab screw. There’s a plastic dial underneath, which you will use when attaching the helmet mount to the camera holder, to screw the grab screw securely into the camera holder.
The camera holder
The camera holder can be used to secure your new WillCam either to the handlebar mount, or to the helmet mount. The opening tab will be very stiff the first time you try to use it, but will be far easier to operate after the first few times.
Underneath the camera holder there’s a brass nut, into which the grab screw from either the handlebar mount, or the helmet mount must be inserted, then tightened. The helmet mount has an additional adjustment screw (with 3 lobes) which must be loosened before attaching the camera holder.
The assembled helmet mount
Here’s a pic of the assembled helmet mount.
Final steps…
I use the included Velcro straps to secure the helmet mount to my helmet, but you could of course also use cable ties (not included).
The WillCam can take micro-SD cards (make sure they’re at least Class 10!) of up to 256GB in capacity, allowing for many hours of 4K footage to be stored. All that remains is for you to go cycling with your new WillCam! Oh, before you do so, be sure to read my post about making a better Op Snap report!
Happy cycling!
I have my willcam mounted on the handlebars with a go-pro post mount and an alloy tripod screw adaptor which the camera holder screws onto. It’s slightly less clunky than the adapter in the box.
For the rear I have a similar setup with a camera holder and tripod screw go-pro adaptor fixed to a saddle rail mount that has two go pro mounting points. On the other I have a mount for a Bryton radar light.