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flag dragonrider-1
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 7:49 Quote
This is from their blog page


March 31/2009 Two of Yeti Cycles Executives walked into the One Ghost Industries/Lunchbox Labs office in Portland Oregon at the same time as one walked into the Lunchbox Labs that OG owns in east Boulder, CO (operated by Moto G.P.) where they each proceeded to "aquire" every aspect of design, creation, and prototyping done by One Ghost Industries, LLC.
Yeti was also sighted leaving the scene holding one of the new Tanto hard tail frames and was quoted as saying "Bad Ass" or "baarrrreeee aarrsssee" or some other noise as it grabbed the new hard tail frame and stuck it between it's legs and pretended to ride it away.
The guys at OG are still in absolute AWE as they never thought theat a Yeti could actually RIDE a bike let alone felt threatened enough to come and take all of their bikes and ability to produce more.
In light of this whole situation, One Ghost Industries will be forced to pull the plug on Lunchbox Labs and on any possible production of their bikes. The guys are all taking this really hard and were quoted as saying "it'll be much harder to rebuild the company, especially without our keg-data aquizition equipment, our kegerator and tap, our wall mounted bottle opener/time clock, Ghost's dog bones..." as as GP and Tank chimed in here.."and OUR BIKES! Those hairy ba$%ARds took our bikes! We can't even ride to the pub now!"
All in all, the guys are looking up in the face of losing everything..
"Good news is we have proof that Yeti's are real and they DO like bikes so that's cool" Maybe I can sell the photo back to Yeti and make some money. After all, I could use a job now!"
flag oneghost
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 8:07 Quote
Yeah, it TOTALLY sucks! We just got our new computers and hard tail bikes in too!
flag whattheheel
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 8:20 Quote
oneghost wrote:
Yeah, it TOTALLY sucks! We just got our new computers and hard tail bikes in too!
Yeah So I got a call from my Yeti rep today and he's offering me the katana frames to me at my shop, www.joestoleit.com, for $400 a piece!! I think I got twenty of them ordered and today only, whoever goes to my site and emails me pictures of their hot moms, I will sell them the frame at cost!!! No fat chicks tho.
flag whattheheel
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 8:23 Quote
I also heard that Yeti is planning on ditching all of the 303's R and dh to start production of One Ghost's frames as "they where far superior than what was currently available". Also, that the One ghost frames are going to be all carbon fiber. mmmmm Carbon
flag rexbikes
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 8:28 Quote
whattheheel wrote:
I also heard that Yeti is planning on ditching all of the 303's R and dh to start production of One Ghost's frames as "they where far superior than what was currently available". Also, that the One ghost frames are going to be all carbon fiber. mmmmm Carbon
Oh wow that really sucksCry and right after your new bikes came outFrown
flag dotca
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 8:33 Quote
What a bummer. Though, Yeti probably has some cool things for OneGhost in the future to bring out!
flag dragonrider-1
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 8:33 Quote
Man that totally sucks. so it IS true!
Damn.
Though a full carbon Katana sounds awesome though!
flag t3rry
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 8:56 Quote
I can't believe a Yeti stole my bike... and all along I thought it would be the greedy UPS man.
flag t3rry
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 9:05 Quote
oh geeze... looks like Yeti is flaunting it in my face that they took my bike.. look what they just sent me in an email!


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flag gpmoto
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 9:36 Quote
THIS JUST IN! YETI TAKEOVER AN APRIL FOOLS HOAX!

One Ghost industries was a victim of a hostile takeover earlier today, but not by Yeti Cycles as first reported. Turns out OG's new owner was pulling an April fools prank. The new owners of One Ghost revealed themselves to be none other than bicycle powerhouse Pacific cycles, a division of Dorel industires. A Dorel spokesman had this to say about their recent aquisition.....

"We are happy to announce the recent buyout of One Ghost industries by our subsidiary Pacific Cycles. We will be shelving the One Ghost brand name for now. But I am authorized to inform you all that we will be making the full line of One Ghost bikes available rebranded through our premium brand, Mongoose. That's right, check out the new Mongoose Katana available mid April at your local Wal-Mart for an amazing retail price of $449.99. Its the first DH race bike to break the $500 price barrier!"

Our sources tell us this new Katana will be made of Hi-ten steel, and have a slightly redesigned frame. Component spec is still unconfirmed, but expect at least a high quality Shimano 18 speed drivetrain. It will also be the replacement for Mongooses current FR/DH offering, the DXR. In related news, unofficial reports confirm Pacific aquired controlling interest in One Ghost via an online poker website. Then quietly purchased the remaining stock for an unconfirmed figure between $65 and $70, making this one of the biggest deals in One Ghost history.........
flag whattheheel
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 10:04 Quote
Whatever, I still know the katana will be in a full carbon frame!! Don't doubt my sources!! Mwah hahahah
flag gpmoto
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 10:11 Quote
If your talking about the possibility of a 2010 GT fury with the MotoGP link, then yes, there may be a carbon version...

Just don't expect it to say One Ghost anywhere, as far as I can tell your "source" is

http://www.oneghostindustries.blogspot.com/

Maybe you should double check their most recent posting....
flag shankth
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 14:25 Quote
NEWS FLASK:

Tank's story of the brawl:

"as i was walking into our plant where we make our bikes to open up shop. i hear a loud noise where we keep our keg data. i flick on the lights and a large superhuman yeti was there with a handfull of tantos and katanas in his arms. i asked him 'what the hell are you doing!?!' the yeti growled at me and said, 'MIIINE!' in response. i planted my feet and grumbled, 'your not leaving with a fight!' the yeti growled again. we both charged together and began a huge brawl. fist after fist and kick after kick finally after about 30 minutes of battle gp finally walked in. the yeti saw him in shock,he then picked me up and slammed my face into a cnc machine and fled the scene with our keg data and everything in a large sac, leaving me knocked out and GP chasing after him yelling "you rat B@#tard!" as a result i suffered a large concussion and one hell of a shiner, GP was scratchless."

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https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3202888/
flag dragonrider-1
Posted: Apr 1, 2009 at 19:43 Quote
gpmoto wrote:
If your talking about the possibility of a 2010 GT fury with the MotoGP link, then yes, there may be a carbon version...

Just don't expect it to say One Ghost anywhere, as far as I can tell your "source" is

http://www.oneghostindustries.blogspot.com/

Maybe you should double check their most recent posting....

damnit! it really is true!
ah crap I was just talking to them the other day about getting a new Tanto for the season.
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