Zumbi - 2009 Bikes

Feb 19, 2009 at 14:35
by Tyler Maine  
Source: Zumbi Cycles

ZUMBI cycles manufactures professional hardcore mountain bike frames and parts for the most demanding. Every ZUMBI product is designed in Myslenice, the mountain bike downhill heartland of Poland. Basing on the experience of our main engineer Pawel Matuszynski and top World class riders we bring to life the best, 100% Polish bike equipment for gravity addicted mountain bike enthusiasts. We want to deliver the best frames and parts out there and that’s why every ZUMBI product is manufactured by craftsmen from the aircraft industry who used to work with MIG jet fighters and tested by our riders and designers before getting on the market. Our philosophy: design simple, use the best materials…back to the roots.Pawel about ZUMBI-
“As the owner and designer of ZUMBI I am an avid DH rider/racer and in my designs I’m trying to accomplish the ultimate ride. I have a masters degree in Engineering. Everything I do is connected with mountains which I love. Besides biking I snowboard, ski and climb. I designed and built my first frame in 2003. We use the best materials like 7020 Oria tubing, 7075 aluminum, Ti6Al4V titanium and high grade stainless steel. All the frame parts are CNC machined and hand welded at our facility in Poland. Our welders are ex-MIG aircraft welders with over 30 years of experience. We are proud becoming a sponsor of a professional racing team this year with top ten World class athletes in DH, 4X and BMX.”

New for 2009:
T-20, 20” wheel trials frame, Quilombo fixie frame. Our flagship DH racing frame, F-44 got a slightly revised geometry with the BB lowered and ISCG mounts. The DH Team and Voodoo frames also got ISCG mounts as standard. We offer our Reaktor headset in full titanium version in limited quantities. We started working with Fox Racing Shox. Our full suspension frames are now equipped with Fox DHX 5 and DHX air shocks custom set by MOJO UK. Besides Fox we continue offering our frames with Avalanche Downhill Racing suspension units.

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All our products will be presented during this years Eurobike (www.eurobike-exhibition.de) and EHBE handmade bikes trade show (www.e-h-b-e.eu)

Frame presentation:

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F-44


destiny: World Cup downhill racing,
material: 7020 alloy frame, 7075 alloy links, Ti6Al4V pivot axles (F-44 Ti version)
size: S, M, L, custom top tube length and head tube angle option
colors: green, orange, red, black, white, custom, hand polished
travel: 220 mm
weight: 3920g (without shock, polished F-44 Ti)
warranty: two year warranty including racing

other features:
- shock dimensions 9.5” eye2eye, 3” stroke
- designed for front suspension travel: 150-200mm
- tire clearance: 26”x 2.8, 24” x 3.0”
- 150mm spacing, 12mm thru axle
- 83mm BB shell
- 31.6mm seat post
- replaceable derailleur hanger
- optional upper link stiffener brace
- lazer etched head tube logo

Professional downhill racing frame. Hand welded and CNC machined in Poland from top grade 7020 and 7075 alloy. ZUMBI designed FPS Floating Pivot System suspension system. Zero pedal bob effect. Excellent pedaling efficiency for sprinting. Super low center of gravity. Suspension isolated from braking forces. The F-44 Ti version has pivot axles made of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy. High grade sealed ball bearings. S-bent swingarm profiles increasing stiffness and crank clearance. Pure bread DH racing geometry. Optional custom geometry. Easily under 38lbs builds possible.


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DH Team


destiny: downhill, freeride
material: 7020 alloy frame, Ti6Al4V titanium swing arm axle (DH Team Ti) or CrMo axle (DH Team)
size: S, M, L, custom (top tube length, head tube angle angle)
colour: orange white, red, green, black, custom, hand polished
suspension travel: 220 mm
weight: 4250 g (DH Team Ti with floating brake caliper, without shock)
warranty: full two year warranty including racing

Other features:
- shock dimensions: 8.75” eye2eye, 2.75” stroke
- designed for front suspension travel: 150-200mm
- floating brake caliper
- tire clearance: 26” x 3.0
- 150mm thru axle
- 83 mm BB shell
- ISCG standard chainguide mounts
- sztyca 31.6mm
- replaceable derailleur hanger
- lazer etched head tube logo

Race proven downhill and freeride frame hand made and cnc machined in Poland from 7020 alloy. Simple single pivot suspension system. The swing arm is built from 6 separate rectangular profiles welded together. It uses two huge, 40mm high quality sealed ball bearings and a 20mm pivot axle made of Ti 6Al4V titanium (DH Team Ti) or high grade steel (DH Team).

Very low center of gravity providing superior traction. Two shock mountings changing the suspension characteristic. Braking forces isolated from suspension thanks toa floating brake caliper which is a standard feature. The suspension path helps suck up those square edged bumps which slow you down. Super stiff swing arm makes sure the bike goes where You want it to go. The head tube has two gussets and a “wrap around” reinforcement making sure its always in one piece.


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VooDoo


destiny: 4cross, dual, freeride
material: aluminium 7020
colour: white, green, black, orange, custom color option, hand polished
weight: 2490 g
size: 14, 15

- replacable deraileur hanger,
- S-bent seat stays,
- ISCG standard chainguide mounts
- lazer etched head tube logo

VOODOO Hand welded and cnc machined from 7020 alloy. The geometry is ideal for 4X racing. The VooDoo also works great as a light freeride hardtail. Using a unique welded double profile chainstay construction and s-bent seatstays greatly improves the VooDoo’s lateral stiffness. The dropouts and chainstay yoke are pressed into the profiles before welding. Designed to be used with a 100-130mm suspension fork. Replaceable hanger. Headtube has two beefy gussets and a “wrap around” re-enforcement making it bombproof. High quality powder coat paint job.

VooDoo Street

destiny: dirt, street
material: aluminium 7020
colour: white, green, black, orange, custom color option, hand polished
weight: 2490 g
size: 14, 15

- replaceable derailleur hanger
- ISCG standard chain guide mounts
- lazer etched head tube logo

Hand welded and cnc machined from 7020 alloy. The geometry is ideal for street and dirt jumping. Featuring a unique welded double profile chainstay design greatly improving lateral stiffness of the rear end. The dropouts and chainstay yoke are pressed into the double profiles and welded together. Add the heavily gusseted cnc headtube with a "wrap around" reinforcement and your looking at one of the strongest hardtail frames in the industry. Works best with a 100-1300mm suspension fork. Ride it, jump it, abuse it...


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T-20


destiny: trial
material: aluminium 7020
colour: white, green, black, orange, custom color option, hand polished
weight: 1600g (short)
size: 14, 15

- horizontal dropouts,
- S-bent seat stays
- 68mm bottom bracket shell

New for 2009 frame designed for pro Trials. Handwelded and CNC machined from the best quality 7020 tubing and billet. Super light weight. Headtube secured by a pair of gussets. Frame was designed and developed in co-operation with one of the best trials riders in the World, Karol Serwin, classified 6th in UCI 2008 listing.


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Reaktor Headset


features:
- fully machined from H18 Stainless Steal or 6Al4V Titanium
- top quality replaceable sealed balled bearings
- lifetime warranty on cups
- 110g Titanium, 160g Stainless


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We've also partnered up with some amazing sponsors and have a top quality team this year. Check out the official team announcement press release here.
4 Mountains / ZUMBI / Fox World Racing Team


www.zumbicycles.com

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114 Comments
  • 19 4
 Good to see a another new manfufacturer on the circuit. Good luck to the team for the 2009 season! The F-44 sure looks the part.
  • 2 0
 zumbi is not new Ive want6ed an f-44 since early 05
  • 1 0
 It is new in the sense of the world team etc however the bikes have been in production for gettin on 7 years now i think.
  • 11 1
 Holy crap you guys, quit your arguing back and forth, remember this is a blog about frames, not a history lesson. It blows me away how hate can happen so quickly when we do not know any other persons background, life, etc. ...........The frames are sweet looking and I think we all look forward to another option in mountain biking. Good luck on the race curcuit!! RIDE HARD.....RIDE FOCUSED!!!
  • 3 0
 ^^^AMEN
  • 14 6
 nice ride, the Don rules!
  • 2 19
flag dirtbikendillon (Mar 2, 2009 at 23:22) (Below Threshold)
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  • 2 0
 really cool bikes by the way congrats with the sponsors, no offense to u guys. Just dont want my pinkbike profile anymore, Im not going to abandon it either
  • 0 0
 A fine point well made I feel.
  • 4 0
 Great to see so many different points of view however they work for the team and if The Don, Gaskell, Mears and Liam and Charley Phillips think they rock that is fine by me. True Pro Downhillers want to test a rig before they sign a deal, its not all about cash and these guys loved them. Zumbi are a special breed, they dont just supply the frames but will fine tune what we feel the need to change, this shows professionalism and respect for one of our main sponsors. Lets remember www.4mountains.co.uk is the team and Zumbi are its sponsor so if you want want of these babies they are doing big discounts so get on line and buy. All comments appreciated.
  • 1 0
 I have a 2008 Team DH.

I think its great. Brilliant in the corners.
Also, Pavel was great when I was building the bike up. He replies straight away with any tech questions. Very impressive from a Company owner.

Heres a pic,

www.pinkbike.com/photo/2435429
  • 3 0
 I have got f-44 ti since half a year and that's my 4 frame...I think it can be my last Wink
  • 3 0
 Nice one Hatch!

It didn't say the 4X races, so are Charlie Phillips and Hatch gonna be doing the NPSs?
  • 1 0
 Cheers dude, yeah myself Charlie Phillips, Liam Phillips and Jason King will be at all of the NPS 4X races in 09 and any other regional and european 4X races that we can get to
  • 2 0
 Should be getting my F44 Ti next week. Can't wait to get her built up. Go Zumbi for 2009!!!
  • 2 0
 My F44 Ti is awesome. Had my first race on it yesterday. It handles so sweet, and tracks super well. I'm very happy.
  • 0 1
 And normally, welders don't say they are a mig aircraft welder. They say they are an "aerospace" welder as all the fighter jet companies are "aerospace" companies like Lockheed and boeing. So the mistake could have been easily avoided by actually being specific to the industry they welded in rather than the product they welded on.
  • 0 1
 btw my pops works for an aerospace company, hence me being so critical about it. The comment was just to sound flashy rather than just be to the point... really what my point was all about. Welders go by industry, not by product they weld. You won't see someone that works in the automotive welding industry saying I'm a frame welder. They will say, I'm a welder for the automotive industry. Welding creduentials are all about industry, not product. Simple. Sorry for the spam of posts. Sick frames none the less.
  • 1 0
 What are you on about "sound flashy" its the truth!

Why cover up the pedegree of the welders (who have been welding bikes now for years!)
  • 0 0
 And you have a state champion welder? WTF? In that case I am Wiltshire roof-tiling county champion, North of England Junior swingball champion (1993), Wessex Van driving runner-up (3 years running), and electric phillips screwdriver using world record holder.
  • 1 0
 state champion welder!

The long winter nights must fly by! ;-)
  • 0 1
 pedigree of the welders? Did you even read what I put? did it not register in your head?

And yes, I was a state champion welder, at age 17. I've long gone from welding besides doing truck lifting, sport truck etc fabrication. I grew up, thats all. Interests take me other wise.

O and mattsicles, around here, in the USA, we have leagues like VICA to compete with welding. Your country is so small I doubt there is any. O and to avoid your comment of you don't know squat about britain, I'm half british and have traveled there many times. They don't have squat compared to what we have for compititions in welding etc... but just because Britain is so small, nothing to do with how good people are. I'm sure if vica was in Britain there would be many people competing. Sadly you don't have such a thing.
  • 0 0
 sadly? SADLY? this just gets better! there is a welding LEAGUE! FPMSL! Hey fella if you were state champion at 17 and top of the VICA league you should have stuck at it, you could have earned some big BIG money, what with the televised international welding cup competitions, and massive transfer fee's you could have earned moving from Hicksville ARC "Storm" to The New York "Soldering Irons". Why is it the Americans see everything as a competition? Welding is a JOB, and not a very interesting one either.
  • 1 0
 Yep t3h1337r you are so rite. We are so small we dont have any competitions. Its a real shame we have most of the best cyclists in the world then.
  • 0 1
 What does that have any relation to having welding compititions? It doesn't. O and the "we have most of the best cyclists in the world" statement is far from true. Get over yourself.
  • 1 0
 No its not. How many world champions has the UK got across cycling. Most of the DH, Nearly all of the track, womens road cycling. Oh and all the olympic medals! It must be because we arnt wasting our time doing welding comps!
  • 0 0
 Wasting your time doing welding comps? What does welding have to do with bike racing. I never related the two as they have 0 in common. NTM there is more to this world than just bike racing... Way more.
  • 0 0
 Actually, the UK has both the male and female MIG, TIG and ARC world champions. THE BRITS PISS ON THE YANKS IN WELDING AND CYCLING!.................... I may have just made that up.
  • 0 0
 But it sounds about right.
  • 0 0
 LOL, at least we have good health care here. Sucks if you guys get hurt racing. Have fun with your doctors over there Big Grin
  • 0 0
 The American health care system is top class. If you have insurance otherwise you just get left in a gutter somewhere!
  • 4 3
 bike designs looks crazy, lovin the bight colours
when r they goin to be in shops in the uk?
  • 0 0
 Now, www.4mountains.co.uk have them for sale mate Wink
  • 2 0
 I like the F44 and the Dh Team
  • 1 0
 Amazing bikes! the other day i went riding with nathan james at hamsterly. a member of the zumbi team, he was awsome!
  • 2 0
 it was about cyberhawk
  • 2 1
 no-body think that the DH Team is similar to the old rocky mountain RMX?
  • 0 2
 I do find it so actually... for me it appears that zumbi is almost an ol' RMX but just with a newer geometry and lower wieght. Nevertheless I respect Zumbi as being as a polish No1 in alu frame manufacturing.
  • 2 0
 looks good
  • 3 1
 Crazy bikes, like them!
  • 2 2
 Im stoked about being on the team. Cant wait to spend the following seasons with them! nathanmillion.com
  • 0 0
 Cant wait to see them on the podium! Get up the Nazarr son (Nathan Million)!
  • 1 1
 these bikes look sick i saw the don and helen with the zumbi team at hamsterly at the start of the year.
  • 1 0
 that green frame the f-44 is sick
  • 0 0
 Harlem has done a great job on the resprays of the team frames- loving the look of them. Good luck for 2009 guys!
  • 0 0
 He didnt do them :/

He sprayed the first lot to see what they look like. The new design was done profesionally.
  • 0 0
 mariuszku I hope Your talking about cyberhawk or maybe youself??
  • 2 2
 no, i dont love the zumbi
  • 1 0
 I dunno, they look OK, everything gets better with time. I have to say I don't like the orange one because frame designs like that tend to collect a lot of dirt on the rear shock. The trials bike looks pretty damn cool though.
  • 0 0
 how much for an F44 frame in euros ???
  • 0 0
 MSRP is 1800eur, just got an email from them.
  • 0 0
 have a look at www.zumbicycles.co.uk
  • 0 0
 the dh bike looks like a chumba
  • 1 0
 those frames look SICK!
  • 0 0
 id love to see a complete model of the team dh
  • 0 0
 Go on Bike Radar or www.4mountains.co.uk for a look at the team bike. JK
  • 0 0
 Heres mine a few months ago

www.pinkbike.com/photo/2435416
  • 0 0
 sick
  • 0 0
 more frames more money
  • 0 0
 DH team looks sweet
  • 6 1
 maybe just add that that frame was one of the first dh teams made. It was almost two years raced when that fella bought it and still he got a 1 year warrenty on it.After two repairs we finally replaced the swingarm. Why wont You write bout that??
  • 15 0
 Anything can brake, I've seen broken V10, Demos, Giants and many many more. This happens when you are using frame !! 1, 5 or even 10 broken Zumbi's ? So what ? how many % of manufactured and sold Zumbis is it ? Any ... How many 2005 demo's 9 broke near the shock mount ... 80-90% ? or more ... Polish people are f... wierd.
  • 2 0
 This was adressed to beryl, not snizy.
  • 2 0
 beryl's comment reminds me of finest samples of polish hooligans burning down the stadium of their own team... similar mentality i believe
  • 0 0
 anything isn't for ever when you are hard using (race, long jump, hucking etc.)
  • 2 1
 ZUMBI GO! Congrats! Im damn proud of U! Finally a polish frame out there! Congrats to pionieers Smile ! Mostly due to the fact that you were modest for all these years, unlike Duncon blistering about how great they are, that they are market leaders bla bla bla... respect, and bows, low bows Smile CHEERS!!!
  • 2 0
 Not great looking rigs?!? These are one the best going mate! Go on www.4mountains.co.uk and thats the site for the new 2009 team that are using them!
  • 0 0
 I agree that they don't look well, but... they perform great and thanks to simple design they are cheaper. U like all these monocoque stuff and hydroforming? no probs but pay at least 100£ more and carry this bit more weight that comes with it Wink At least it works in practice, Morewood says that their bikes are meant to be simple (so they look) but U pay nearly the same as for Spec or SC...
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