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Hi res | Lo res | It's the first ride of the year and the BIKE GODS take a moment to reflect upon the meaning of the new year. The answer is clear: they're on pace for a record-setting 584 rides this year! (one every 15 hours) Truly astonishing, this feat will undoubtedly be remembered until the end of time as the greatest achievement by any intelligent life form. |
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| The BIKE GODS waste no time getting started on their monumental resolution. Here, Byondo has already reached the top of Big Red in no time at all! | 
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Hi res | Lo res | Unfortunately Sprocket Rocket is having second thoughts. Can't blame him, though, he's just a mortal bike. Zippy is forced to take it easy and push his poor bike up the monster hill. Soon, after the initial breakin period, Sprocket will be ready to go every 10 hours - 15 will seem like a long break! |
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| Zippy charges up the next hill, nearly flattening the rude triathlete who fails to give the BIKE GODS so much as an acknowledgement. Rest assured, the cocky human is soon put in his place. | 
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Hi res | Lo res | Byondo is feeling so confident about the BIKE GODS' historic New Year's resolution, he finishes much of the ride using only one hand to guide Chainey. |
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| Sprocket Rocket just doesn't seem to be having a good day. Here, Zippy must lead him through a patch of brush using the highly unorthodox "vert" technique. Normally the BIKE GODS are all horz. | 
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| Byondo and Zippy stop to let their bikes rest a bit before charging ahead through this difficult passage. | 
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Hi res | Lo res | Soon the BIKE GODS near the return portion of ride number 1. Only 583 to go after this one! Undoubtedly 2001 will henceforth be known as the year of the BIKE GOD. |
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| In what seems like no time at all, the BIKE GODS have demolished the trails in this park and head back home. | 
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Hi res | Lo res | Byondo nearly destroys a motor vehicle here, running this red light. But as you see, he makes it back some with no car bumpers twisted around his strong, impenetrable body. |
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| Back at the fort, a once promising BIKE GOD candidate does his chores in service of his Mountain Masters. His fall from grace is a sad story indeed - now reduced a huddled, miserable shell of his former self, doing mindless chores around this BIKE GOD compound. | 
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| As you can see, The Pish has given in to temptation to the Dark Side. Once human and aspiring BIKE GOD candidate, he is now part man and part machine. His addiction to the insidious little device is complete - there is longer hope. Thankfully the BIKE GOD presence here is strong enough to control his evil ways, but he must remain permanently attached to the device that rules him or he will die. | 
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