Rig Breakdown: Mountain Bike Camera Rig

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Title:

Mountain Bike Camera Rig

Commercial

about the rig

Sony RXO II mounted to a mountain bike.

This bike flew down the mountain at Griffith Park. Couldn’t use any form of attachment that would fall off easily such as a cardellini. Those and other type of hand tightening clamps loosen up over time with vibration. We opted instead to go with hose clamps.

Mounted small bicycle starters (I see where they get their name now) to the frame and made sure to protect the bike. Made sure all rigging was out of the way of the pedal and foot motion and triangulated the crap out of it.

Behind the Scenes

Camera Rigging

Grip Equipment

key grip

Brendan Riel

the crew

DP:

Cory Burmester

Grip Crew:

Vic Roca, Kyle Sorvig, Jordan Hodges, Ezra Graye, Owen Migel, Eric Fowler

built with

9. Solutions 5/8 Gags, 5/8 Rods, Modern Studio Equipment Bicycle Starters, Hose Clamps

by:

Brendan Riel

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