The Mayans were wrong, we're all still here, and another great year has drawn to a close.

We built hundreds of bikes, took thousands of pictures, received countless smiles and watched our community of riders grow. We launched a whole new bicycle, the Sutro, made a few more videos and 43,000 new friends on Instagram (thanks). Our humble staff, our biggest group ever at 11, are tired and excited for more. 

Thanks for all your support in 2012, best wishes for 2013.

Ok. Not exactly a photo. But one of our favorite images of the year. Our friend Payam made this city-sized heart on his Mission Bicycle for his girlfriend on Valentines day.

We launched the Sutro, an internally geared bike uniquely designed for city riding. That's Jessie, above, with Sutro #1. Above him is the Sutro prototype with Sutro tower in the background. That one was shot by our good friend Luis Pena.

After a few years of running into each other we finally made the big move for more space. Our workshop is now all the way... across the street from our retail shop. Our mechanic James transports tires.

Our beautiful city continues to provide amazing places to ride and shoot.

We got in the Olympic spirit with our Velocity Deep V ring display. The image fell on interested eyes as it quickly spread all over the internet.

We launched an Instagram profile to share beautiful bicycle shots and the response was enormous. 43,000 followers and counting.

Our staffer David hand painted this Mission Bicycle for Dia de Los Muertos. This bike now lives with its happy new owner in Australia.

We were able to source immaculate and affordable chroming to produce the most decadent bicycles possible.

We led another Midnight Mystery Ride. Attendees were treated to a silent film with live musical accompaniment, popcorn, candy, and zero cops.

We stayed out late and made blinky light paintings. Happy 2013.

P.S. Our 2nd Annual subMission Photo Contest is underway. If you've got a great photo you can still enter on Instagram.