Alpenbrevet Bike Race with OM-D E-M5

Due to a friend's inability to participate, I ended up at the last minute with a start-place for the Alpenbrevet Gold Tour (I unfortunately did not however end up with any last minute thighs of steel or training opportunities). Such a 'race' with over 5000m of elevation, is a nice place to have a camera, because the views are spectacular and the riding speed for the back of the pack is the same as a slow jog. It would also serve as a good test for using the Capture Pro (which lets you hang the camera on a backpack strap) while biking.

Gear

1. Olympus OM-D E-M5 (fairly small, water and hopefully sweat resistant, amazing in body stabilization for taking pictures without stopping)
2. Panasonic Lumix G 14mm 2.5 (nice field of view, tiny, sharp images)
3. Peak Design Capture Pro (https://peakdesign.com/store/capturepro)

At the start of the race just before the official mass start at 6:45AM. 
The sunrise through the clouds.
 The first climb up Grimsel Pass despite the fog had many picturesque moments, particularly before the socked-in summit. Here is the old cobblestone road that predates the longer, bleak, modern tunnel.
After the first pass, the descent got much better and moments like this reminded me why it was worthwhile to have a camera with a good dynamic range with me.

Finally at the top of the highest pass in Switzerland and perfectly clear weather

Conclusion

The E-M5 is a tough camera functioned perfectly in freezing, wet, sweaty environments. The image stabilization left me with only one blurry image an impressive feat since cycling can be a very jostling sport. The 14mm Panasonic is a great little lens and makes the whole camera very easy to handle. It also appears to be fairly robust itself. The capture pro worked very well. Getting the camera clipped back in, too some getting used to, particularly one-handed, since the angle needs to be just right and it is hard to look carefully and bike at the same time. After a few attempts though I could grab a picture in a few seconds and return the camera. Not quite as easy as a jersey pocket, but most pocket cameras would not survive or at least fog up severely after 8 hours of sweat. The viewfinder of the E-M5 did fog up once but it went away quickly and the screen worked fine.