​We have gotten a lot of questions about both our camera and bike setups, and we wanted to create a page with everything for you to check out. Here are the key products that we use to create content.
If you click an Image it should bring you to each product.
Here is our gear broken down by category.
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Our Primary Bikes
We use pretty similar parts on our bikes aside from the fact that Kyle uses a Ari Delano Peak Medium Frame with 29 inch wheels, and April rides a size small Delano Peak Frame with 29 inch wheels. Here is a more in depth breakdown below! Most of the products should have links in the underlined text.​
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Frame - Fezzari Bicycles
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Cockpit - PNW Components Range 31.8mm Bar, Range 40mm Stem , Loam Grips, Loam Lever
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Dropper Seatpost - PNW Rainier and Loam Post 170mm Length For April, 200mm For Kyle
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Ergon - SMC Core and Sport Gel
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Drivetrain - Shimano SLX, XT, XTR 10-51T Cassette & 30T front chainring, 165mm Length Cranks
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Brakes - Shimano XT 4 piston with sintered pads and 203mm front , 180mm rear rotors
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Wheels - Stans MK4 Flow Wheels
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Tires - Favorite Front Tire - Schwalbe Magic Mary Super Trail, Favorite Rear Tire - Nobby Nic Super Trail ( usually around 21psi front and 23psi rear for April and 23psi front and 25psi rear for Kyle.
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Cushcore - XC Inserts Front & Rear
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Sealant - Stans Standard Sealant, 3oz Each Tire
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Suspension - SR Suntour Durolux 150mm Travel & Triair 210 x 50 Rear Shock
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Pedals - Range Composite Pedal For April & Mallet Trail, DH, & Enduro For Kyle With Easy Release Cleats
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TOOLS, LUBE, & STANDS
POV
This is the basic setup that we use to capture pov and follow cam footage. Huge thanks to @NateHills for helping us dial in this setup!
Main Film Gear
One of our biggest goals is to provide high quality video and audio to make our videos easier to watch and understand. We have experimented with a lot of gear to make that happen and here is our go to kit.
Sony A7iii
Full Frame Camera Body
100-400mm
Telephoto Lens
16-35mm
Wide Angle Lens
Polar Pro
Variable ND Filter
24 - 240mm
Zoom Lens
Deity D3 Pro
Microphone
Voice Over / Digital Podcasting
This is the gear that we use for recording voice over, doing livestreams, and recording digital podcasts.
In Person Interview Podcasting
This is what we will use to record person to person podcasts as seen on the "Vital Inside Line"
Rechargeable
Batteries
Drone Footage
We use the Skydio Drone for all of the establishing shots and drone follow cam footage. The Skydio is really cool because it has really great autonomy features that lets the drone follow you and fly with very little user input. They have also been a really great company to work with.
