When the undead rise, they don’t start in a city, they start at Bike Monkey. This completely derailed promo for the Boggs MTB event features blood, guts, crossbows, and the most epic use of a sign stapler in film history. The end is near, and Carlos isn’t impressed.

This shoot was just as chaotic, bloody, and hilarious as the final cut. Filmed deep in Boggs National Forest, the birthplace of Bike Monkey’s first event. We went full horror-comedy with a zombie attack in the woods. Greg Fisher (playing himself) staples a sign to what he thinks is a tree… but it’s actually Wade Scarpelli as a zombie cyclist. What follows is a full-on dirt brawl with Zombie #2 (Adam Menconi), including blood gags, ground grappling, and yes, Greg wielding a stapler like a man possessed.

Shot on RED with a skeleton crew and just enough light left in the day, the production pushed us to the edge in the best way. The makeup process was painfully slow, long hours in the woods + hot prosthetics = questionable life choices. But worth every sticky moment.

The real hero entrance? Carlos Perez stepping out of the trees, stone-faced with a crossbow, like the race director of the apocalypse. He gives Greg a silent glare, because even in a zombie outbreak, Bike Monkey has an event to run. Greg drags the body off-screen in a perfect call-back to Catch & Release.

We topped it all off with a stylized animated newspaper sequence warning of a strange virus sweeping NorCal and a possible link to Happy Pop Cereal. Wildly enough, this all predated COVID. So either we’re psychic, or dangerously good at predicting social collapse.

This short is full of practical blood FX, ridiculous stunts, and our signature blend of deadpan absurdity, a foundational piece in the now-sprawling Bike Monkey Cinematic Universe.