Thermal Signature - Video by henrik-k

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WECustomizeBikes (Nov 3, 2016 at 9:25)

Really cool to see How Some parts heat up. Especialy the shocks

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jamesdippy (Nov 3, 2016 at 12:39)

All I kept thinking of is predator! Get to da chopperrrrr!!!

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UncleGroOve (Nov 4, 2016 at 1:30)

Kudos!!!!!!
Fascinating to me:
1) Bodies are warmer than the shocks when riding
2) Heat on shin bones!
3) Heat buildup in the crook of arms

I'd love to see some thermal imagery shot at an XC race, just for kicks (@UCI do you hear me?)

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Nahguavkire (Nov 4, 2016 at 4:01)

As mentioned below a thermal image alone doesn't indicate temperature as different materials have different emissivity values so while the legs appear hotter than the brakes they're most definitely not!

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UncleGroOve (Nov 4, 2016 at 6:47)

@Nahguavkire: OK then! I am totally ignorant in thermal imagery... I thought the heat emissions were being measured off some sort of common baseline, hence my comment.
Still... never realized my shin bones were such a powerful cooling radiator :-)

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Garpur44 (Nov 4, 2016 at 1:38)

That was so cool, stared the vid just to see how the body heated up but seeing the shock, forks and brake systems glowing was awesome, I would have expected it with the brakes but surprised me the shock and fork were that warm. Also a unique view of the riders at points at the bikes were hardly visable

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billythegerbil FL (Nov 3, 2016 at 9:42)

really good way of seeing a riders body position and how you move. would have been interesting to see some bigger jumps, drops or compressions and maybe long corners...

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henrik-k (Nov 4, 2016 at 10:04)

My initial idea was to record a downhill run, but unfortunately it had taken too much time to get there. Maybe another time!

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wittereus (Nov 3, 2016 at 14:18)

Very, very cool video!
I'm wandering if clothes, suspension, brake and bike designers This technique use when testing new equipment?

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henrik-k (Nov 4, 2016 at 10:06)

Clothing manufacturers use thermal cameras to see how good their products insulate. And in automotive it's quite common to control brake and engine temperature. But I guess it is to little money in mountainbiking.

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LubomirPopov (Nov 3, 2016 at 8:35)

Legs warmer than brakes!

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Makten (Nov 3, 2016 at 13:18)

Not necessarily. Metal has much lower emissivity than skin, which means it won't radiate as much at the same temperature;-)

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Nahguavkire (Nov 4, 2016 at 3:58)

@Makten: was just about to comment but you beat me to it!

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seamus (Nov 3, 2016 at 14:58)

"There is something out there waiting for us and it ain't no man"

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Nahguavkire (Nov 4, 2016 at 3:59)

As a biker and ITC level II thermographer this makes me very happy.

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teknovision (Nov 3, 2016 at 9:33)

Very cool!!

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zoobab2 (Nov 3, 2016 at 10:36)

The brakes were hot after the descent!

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SeanFionn (Nov 4, 2016 at 3:00)

whats strange is theres no wildlife to be seen, notting

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henrik-k (Nov 4, 2016 at 10:03)

It's not strange. The video was recorded in a small forest near infrastructure and houses, so there aren't much "wildlife" to start with. And since we did a lot of noises I guess any rabbit or deer that was close by quickly disappeared.

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henrik-k (Nov 4, 2016 at 10:06)

I'm glad you like the video!