Jan 2010

Akihiko Takahashi - World Classics video

Here is video of Aki's battle against Adam Kun on World Classics contest that took place in Japan recently.


Sam Foakes - Fat Favorites

FatBmx published a Fat Favorites list with Sam Foakes. Too bad they used some super old photos. Check it out :

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Bike packing video

I know many of you are interested in how bikes are made in Taiwan, so here is a little video I filmed last year. This is the final stage of production of complete bikes. Assembly was finished before I arrived to factory, so I didn't get a chance to film it. But here you can see final packing and loading to container.


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Hehe, from the first time I went to Taiwan I fell in love in Chinese language and told myself I'll learn it one day. Well I kept the promise.

Few months ago I signed into a Chinese language class and been really enjoying learning to speak and write Chinese. This week I passed my final exam and got a diploma for a beginner level of Chinese.
Knowing any foreign language is really valuable knowledge, but knowing Chinese in my case also has a great bonus. Since all Zion products are made in Taiwan and I go there every year to arrange and monitor productions , speaking Chinese is going to make a huge difference.

My next trip to Taiwan is in March and I can't wait to test my skills there , hehe.

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Product highlight - Magic stem

Magic stem is our latest frontload stem design for street riders. We made these babies nice and big so they can take a lot of abuse, but the design still allows it to keep the low weight.

for more info click on the photo

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Zion desktop wallpaper - Aco dam session

In download section of Zion website you can download a wallpaper for your desktop. This one is made of Aco's photo from a secret dam session.
Click on the photo to get it

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Sam Foakes presents Zion Luna frame to a lucky winner at Bolton YMCA

At Level Vibes, Chris Massey brought a ton of kids from his youth project in Bolton to compete, what many didn't realise was that, these bikes were funded for the project and don't actually belong to the kids,Sam wanted to give away the frame to a young kid just getting into flatland, hoping to encourage him to ride harder.
Sam recently went to the Bolton YMCA project to personally give the Zion frame to a very stoked Kieran!!
This is a great bit of youth work on Chris and Sam's part, I hope these kids stick at it, much respect to all involved!

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Spy Photos - Rim strip

Another new little Zion part for your bike, a new Zion rim strip. Here are first spy photo from the factory...

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Random photos : Big White Elephant

Hehe, this is one of those insane roadtrip moments that just can't be explained.
We were driving for 10 hours straight from Croatia to Trutnov in Czech Republik for a contest.....the trip took FOREVER and it was hot as hell in the van...and then in the middle of nowhere all of the sudden there is a "real size" white metal elephant right next to the road...standing there in the field, for no reason...I just hit the brakes really hard and we were all just started laughing like crazy...

This is still probably my favorite roadtirp photo, hehehe...

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Spy photos - new Zion fork

Production of some new Zion product is being finished at this moment, so I'm gonna publish you few spy photos from Taiwan.
Today I'm gonna show you first prototype photos of new Zion fork. We're starting the testing phase real soon and we expect them to be available in shops by the end of this year.

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Filip Strbad - indoor winter chill edit

Filip and his friend Nikola put some effort in cleaning an abandoned building in Zagreb, patched up the holes in the ceiling and made a little indoor spot to ride. In this harsh winter time, even a place like this is so much fun, hehe.

Check it :





Sam Foakes - CREAM cover

Sam Foakes gets the cover of Cream 37 and interview, shot by Richard Baybutt after Level Vibes. Be sure to get your copy of new Cream and read what Sam has to say .....

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Spy photos - Filip Strbad signature handlebar

I can honestly say that for this whole last year Filip has been riding more then anyone else in Zion team, made huge progress and also put a lot of effort in promoting Zion. So to show my respect to him we started his signature handlebar project.
We made this babies just the way Filip likes them...tall, wide and super strong...

Here are few photos of first prototypes that just came out of factory. We'll be testing them for some time and I expect them to be in shops after summer...

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Aki on World Classic

Aki sent some photos from World Classics event that took place in Japan last weekend. Congrats to Aki for entering finals and taking 15th place.

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Luna custom bike

Here are few photos of a custom Luna complete bike that I built for a friend of mine. I just love the way it turned out , so I wanted to share it with you guys. The idea was to make the whole bike black&white only.
I used Zion Luna frame and fork, Worldwide stem, PMS sprocket , headset and bb and some other sweet parts like Colony handlebars, WTP cranks...

I hope you like it ...

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New Zion Site !!!

Hi everyone !!!

I'm really glad to say that new Zion web site is finally online. It has been a project that I wanted to do for ages, but just couldn't find enough free time. But since winter hit us pretty hard and I can't ride at all I decided to finally finish this project.
And here it is , hehe, hope you like it.

Only part of this new site that is still not finished are new team interviews. Those will be published soon and in the meantime you can see riders photo galleries instead.

Another new thing is the compilation of your Zion bikes, so if you want to have a photo of your Zion bike published on Zion website just send it to our email.

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Sonic's new bike


What else to do in this cold winter time then work on your bike and ideas for next season. Sonic used his spare time to refresh his ride once again. Check out this amazing custom paint job on his LowKee. You can't beat the look of a pure black bike.

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Happy Birthday !!!

Today is Zion Bike Co.'s 5th birthday !!!

Exactly 5 years ago a first finished prototype Zion bike arrived to Croatia, a first generation Luna. Even though the whole project started 6 months before this, I choose this date as a symbolic birthday of Zion Bike Co.
You can't even imagine all the things that happened since that day and I can honestly say I enjoyed every single one of it. What started as a small project of a 20 year old rider is now a legit company that sells bikes and parts worldwide, has an amazing team and enjoys a well deserved reputation of one of the best upoming companies in flatland world.

I would like to say a huge "thank you" to everyone that ever contributed to this in any possible way.

Don't think that I'm just partying and trashing myself these days, cause there are so many new projects going on in Zion at the moment that I barely sleep.
First thing I would like to announce is the new Zion website that will be online sometime next week. This is a was a priority cause as you can see this current site is really old and there are so many informations missing, specially in products sestion... completely my fault, hehe.
Next, I would like to announce that new Zion 2010 complete bikes are soon to be shipped from Taiwan so they will be available in shops in February. Also, there are many prototypes of new products that are in production at the moment, like Luna and LowKee complete bikes, new street frames, forks and bars , a final version of Sam's signature Focus frame, a new longer version of Keelan's LowKee frame, a redesigned Worldwide stem and few more projects that I would like to keep a secret for now.

To end these news here is a photo of that first Luna prototype that arrived to Croatia on January 5th, 2005. Whole Zion Bike Co. evolved from this one bike, hehe...


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Aki's new video and Happy New Year

Hi everyone ,

first of all I would like to wish a happy New Year to everyone....2009 has been really great and I can't wait to see what this new one brings us.
For the first day of 2010 I got a great present for you. Aki made a new video that is INSANE !!! Full 8 minutes of amazing riding. I personally love his style and I know that many of you will agree with me. Check this out :