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- So this is gonna be a good video.
I'm here with Jill Kintner, pro-racer.
Five times Queen of Crankworx, you've just won everything,
the Sea Otter, the Downhill, and Dual Slalom.
Ninth time you've won Dual Slalom here, so very well done,
but actually, what we're here to see is Jill's camper van.
She's got the most amazing camper van,
fully upspoke, built for bikes,
you may have on instagram, it's been all over it.
I wanna check it out.
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- Here it is. - Wait,
so bikes racked in there underneath,
I guess bed is inside above this?
- [Jill] Yeah.
- You've got these trays to get them to slide out?
- Yeah.
I mean, the idea was that we can get six bikes,
like Bryn and I usually have three each depending
where we're going, what we're doing,
and tons of gear, tons of shoes, tons of helmets,
it's like you got to put something everywhere,
so we try to use every bit of space,
and it works out so well.
These trays are insane, so slide them out.
They've got the super simple that's called the Rocky Mount
over here, like you just,
you just open that, unlatch it, bike comes out.
So you just take the pedals off and that--
- So you don't even have to thread the axle through,
you just sort of-- - No these are,
it's like a bit tricky to fit three
so you have to like kinda of bike Jenga,
so it's really specific to our bikes.
But so, apart from the trays,
- So you don't have to climb in the back
of the van at all, really.
- No. - Everything just goes
in the trays and you slide it in.
- Yeah, anyone building a bike van,
I think this is really the way to go
for maximizing your space.
- It's good keeping all your sort of dirty stuff as well
at the front of the van,
I guess that's with keeping helmets up here.
Some Red Bull lids, of course.
- You don't want it to smell too bad
'cause it rains when you open these doors
so we wanted like a little separation spot
so you can like you know have like a warm, dry spot inside,
and then all your gear smells and whatever comes here.
There's vents for the air flow so it can dry out.
There's actually like, you get the heater can come through,
pass through to the back, dry it out.
And then, over here we have, this is the shower,
like we have a 20 gallon tank in the front.
Air compressor which is super, super rad.
No more pumping up tires.
- Yeah. You can just flip a switch
and like attach this little like,
it has a little Park tool thing
and you just like plug it in, and you're like.
- We use it every day.
- So, did you come up with the design of this van
or have you been thinking about this for a while?
- Yeah, we had another one
and then this is sort of like revision,
so the more vans you do kind of you learn
what you actually need.
So, this is kind of a Bryn and my collaboration
but fully designed by us.
- And who built it?
- My buddy at Northwest Conversions,
my friend Tyler, he's a bike rider as well,
he's done a million of them.
He did everything himself, fabbed everything,
like had stuff powder,
like he had have stuff powder coated and welded.
- So I guess you start off with like design it
and then putting in electrics, the plumbing and stuff,
and then moving into the furniture
and bike racks and things like that.
- Yeah, I mean, the sound damping is really key.
Like a lot of people miss that.
Like with building out of vans,
like the noise is really a big thing and the insolations,
and then the electrical and the plumbing and stuff.
- What about when it's raining and you're sleeping,
do you hear a lot, you know of that din, din, din all around
or is that dead and out as well?
- Yeah, I don't know, I guess we haven't had it long enough
to really hear the rain,
but yeah, you would hear a little bit,
but it's kinda peaceful.
This is pretty cool,
like there's these little flip down work tables,
and then it's got lights.
- Whoa, that amazing. (Jill laughs)
- Like 'cause you have all your stuff here and it's dark,
you're not gonna like to turn on the light
or whatever. - Oh, right, so work
on your bikes out back
of the van. - Yeah, working on that.
And then, what else?
We got lights, water,
these little storage rack things too, this is kind of neat.
We wanted to put a lip on that wheel well
so that you can have your spare parts and storage and stuff
and then have like the little track racks
and stuff like that.
My friend Tyler is building tanks, custom tanks now
that fit over the wheel well that maximizes space,
so you can have like two water tanks there
and have like, - Right.
- I don't know, like 40 gallons.
- [Man] Yeah, right, for washing bikes and showers.
- It comes to here, it's like the same amount of space,
so pretty smart.
- [Man] It's amazing, it's
like a proper garage in the back of a van.
- Yeah, it's pretty good.
We actually had to update our tools
to make it fit in this perfect little space
but found the right box.
Bike tools,
bike tools go there.
Just behind there is a power port
for our e-bike charging as we drive.
Not bad.
And then the only other little thing is this like
pretty cool lube towel rack.
It's pretty sweet, you just have all your chain lubes,
braise, bike wash, all right here, so it's pretty dope.
- Right, should we go around through the front,
check out the living space? - Yeah.
Yeah.
- So these windows open up?
- All right, this is the living room.
You got lights,
little custom two seater which he makes himself,
so he like chops them out, weld them together, resews it.
It's good to have like more living room than
just a place to chill.
We have solar on the roof
and we have all kinds of like power outlets
and like little USB ports just for charging stuff randomly.
We've got a fridge, like a little fridge
for beverages, snacks, whatever.
A little snack drawer.
It's a little hot so you just keep snacks
and easy stuff to access.
- [Man] That's a lot of healthy food.
- I guess.
- [Man] No beers in the fridge.
- Yeah, I guess we are at an event. (laughs)
I have a big beer for you up here.
And then, (Man laughs)
this one is just like like flip up.
And this is all the storage stuff,
so if you're after a bit of beer...
- Oh, God! (laughing)
- You thought we were hiding it.
- [Man] That wouldn't fit in the fridge.
- Just glug, glug, glug. (Man laughs)
Yeah, this one wouldn't fit in the old fridge.
(laughing)
Yeah, and then back here we have like little dimmer lights.
It's pretty fun.
A heater.
Inside these little power ports is like plug-ins as well,
so you can charge your phone at night.
And then, tufted headboard which classes it up a bit.
Just a metal head, head,
is it headliner, is that what they're called, header.
- I see you got, like a, what diesel, a blow heater?
- Mm-hm. - Oh, that's good.
- Yeah, he taps it into the diesel line,
so in like cold nights it's like 70 degrees no problem.
- God. - It's really quick.
- So, I guess, for Bryn,
it was like super important we have like a real nice stereo,
so we have like that Apple Play screen up front,
and there's like a massive sub you can see in the back
and speakers on both door panels.
The sound quality in this thing is like real nice.
And then one other thing is these are quite cool,
they're made by straw foot,
they're just just like magnetic like that,
so it's like isolated, it keeps it warm inside,
and it's just like really easy to snap back on.
I suggest people like either make their own or get that.
It's really good.
Obviously cooking is a big thing for a lot of people,
but we kinda have all these like power points
and electricals, so a lot of our stuff is
like a kettle and stuff, we can just like plug it in.
So we keep some electronics, like a blender and a kettle,
you know, and you just like make coffee,
plug it in, boil some coffee, get it going.
We have a grinder and stuff, so
(beans shaking)
I don't know, there's a camping stove and everything,
so you can just like make what you want.
I just didn't want it to be
smelly and cooking inside the van,
so we set up outside and just make dinner and stuff.
Yeah, so in here we just have our cooking stuff,
and like, obviously we're at a race
so we just have like rehab tools and that.
Pots and pans, camping stuff, rice cooker,
a little NutriBullet, tea kettle, coffee grinder.
And then like, you just have your silver wear,
spoons, knives.
So it kinda all fits like absolutely perfect in here,
and this is quite a lot of storage actually
for stuff and whatever you want in there really,
so yeah, all good.
- Thanks for showing us around Jill.
I'm absolutely so jealous, I really wanna do it myself.
It's an awesome van.
Of course, Doddy does Bike Cave
every week over on Texture,
so check that out if you like this.
If you wanna see my garage,
so it's much messier and much worse than Jill's van,
check over there for that one.
- Check that out.
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