One Ghost Industries. We live for downhill racing and are here to bring the very best and cutting edge in mountain bike designs. All 100% USA fabricated, designed and built. As part of our commitment to you and Racing in the US, we will only bring you the highest quality bikes, home brewed to perfection with honor and integrity.
We are The Future of Downhill.Racers. Friends. Engineers. Designers. Bike Riders. 2-wheel Enthusiasts.
We are a collective of the above, home brewed with a dream to make the best USA made machines for downhill, free ride, 4X, super-d, slope style, and endurance. We are racers and believe in the need of a quality, reliable product we can turn to week after week, beat the crap out of, put away wet and crusty and know that that same bike will get us on the podium again next week. We make bikes in our own facility, we test our bikes at races and dirt jumps and any trail we can find. We ride them head to head with other bike brands and see what compares, what works, and what does not.
We support our sport, our earth, our friends and causes we know are bigger than any of this. We are conscious, active and organic. We walk the walk and talk the talk and most importantly, ride the trails.
One Ghost is a relatively new company, founded by D. Meredith, his dog Ghost, his wife Stephanie and friend Ian Hanna in 2006. Originally they started out as a clothing company, making their products out of hemp and organic cotton. D.M. has 14 years experience in the bike industry and has spent the last 20 years racing on 2 wheels. They have 6 bikes in the works, with 2 expected to hit the markets in 2009, 4 by 2010 and 6 by 2011. The first limited run of bikes will be a mix of a little Taiwan fabrication and the rest done in their fabrication shop in the US as they get ready to go into fully American production.
Why did you found OneGhost?
"So I can spend more time with my dog on the trails and because I was fed up with the crap that is out there. We always dabbled in frames and that was when our first Tanto was made, originally called the Double Dutch and it was made for dirt jumping and it evolved to the DS/4X bike it is now. I have had the full floating suspension system in my mind for over 10 years and have cobbled different versions out of other bikes. In 2007 I met Gabe Plageman (Moto*GP) who drew up the Moto*GP link and it all made sense. Next thing we had the Brass Knuckle link and the Moto*GP link and our geometry dialed."
Tanto 4X: The Tanto is a versatile bike that will feel at home on the 4X track, the dual slalom course, the dirt jumps or on the street. It comes with a beefy 1.5 headtube that can handle a single or dual crown fork and ISCG 05 mounts for those that find a chainguide important. It's expected to hit the market in limited numbers by Crankworx 09.
First Generation Tanto in Testing
First Generation Tanto in Testing
Wakazashi: One Ghost is jumping into the slope style game offering a 5 inch travel beast that will be able to handle whatever you can dish out and more. With a concentric Bottom Bracket you can run this bike as a single speed or with gears, and the 1.5 headtube will assure a solid front end. It's expected to hit the markets in limited numbers by Crankworx 09.
Head Tube view of the Wakazashi
Concentric BB point - work in progress
Katana: The Katana will step up to meet the challenge of even the burliest DH tracks with 240mm of rear travel through a Moto*GP link system. This bike features a 150mm maxle rear end, a 1.5 headtube and ISCG 05 guide tabs. The leverage ratio is 3.15:1. It is expected to hit the markets in limited numbers by September 09.
Katana L.S. Profile
Brass Knuckle Link
More Pictures of the bikes and parts here:
Bike Photos One Ghost may be a new name in the industry, but that means nothing. This is a company run by riders who are constantly involved in an ever changing industry. Expect only the highest of quality.
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Exactly. Take Santa Cruz... the VPP works great, but they still make Single Pivot bikes for applications where the VPP doesn't make sense.
Exactly... a low cost application.
Thank you for all of your support. We are a true rider owned company and will always make products for you: other riders and that includes affordable and quality whips and a genuine customer service.
as i posted, When a brand pays for a design like dwlink or vvp they have to make it pay by running it on the complete range like intense do, lets face facts, bikes like the intenses SS are in fact crap at slopestyle.
The only thing that hurts is when someone from China comes onto a public forum throwing liable remarks before researching the facts and contacting us directly (or even reading the article in full).
Next time someone has something negative to say, remember we are making these bikes for you as well as ourselves. I named the company after my dog because he makes me happy and I want to make bikes that make you all as happy as he makes me. We are not selling frames yet but will have hard tails and clothing for sale in 2009 early and I believe we should be able to have the kinks worked out of the Wakzashi and Katana as well making them ready for public consumption. We are spending the winter building our own production facility in the USA where we will have the full capability to produce a full spectrum of bikes.
If anyone has any questions, concerns or feedback, please do not hesitate to e-mail us at info@oneghost.com.
Thanks!
Its a good idea to be careful how you reply to comments too:
"The only thing that hurts is when someone from China comes onto a public forum throwing liable remarks before researching the facts and contacting us directly (or even reading the article in full)"
I read the article in full twice cheers. Why does it bother you so much I'm in China? (I'm actually British)
Anyway I honestly hope you do well, just remeber there's always going to be a smart arse like when you post on a public forum, and its best not to get hurt but rather learn from the experiance.
Oh, nice company name!
Sorry chaps but this is a bit of a lie! The Wakazashi frame is the same frame we've been testing for Preacher Bikes. It is not made in the U.S but actually in Taiwan. We tested for a few weeks and the back end wore out alarmingly quickly. I'm at work at the mo but once I get home I'll post pics. Also its too big for a SS bike (thats how we wanted to market it) its actually designed as an XC bike.
www.pinkbike.com/photo/2703511
and the bike:
www.pinkbike.com/photo/2703510
Cheers!
Yep, it is the graphic up the top. it is a nice font though - we plan on using it for a team website later in the year too.
thank you sir may I have another?!? :-)
props to them though for trying something different
I'm really liking the look of their bikes, but if it's supposed to be the "rebirth of american muscle", why are the names asian?
because, just so you know. i am a bike expert.
Most of the best DH bikes tends to employ a ratio of 3:1 or lower, leverages higher than that tend to lead to reliability problems, damping inadequacies and oil overheating and expanding leading to shock lock. Lower ratios have distinct advantages
Ironhorse 2.6:1
Intense M6 2.7:1
Supreme DH 2.65:1
Gemini DH 2.6:1
Demo 8 2.9:1
do you want more examples or have I made my point? Yes I am an engineer, yes I am an expert and run a major bike company for Canada, yes I am a former Pro DH racer who has ridden examples of all kinds of bikes with all kinds of rations. and most of all YES i encourage everyone to voice their opinions and for new companies like One Ghost to introduce new bikes, i love their ideas and we need more and more great small companies to give us lots of diversity in the marketplace
so lets keep the discussion going, its great for the industry
What 3.15:1 is just way out of the ball park eh?, yeah, couldn't be any good. its WAY off base.
what about the V10? that bike functions fine with none off the problems you mentioned. hmmmm
i've spent enough time in the industry to know that there is no hard rule on this shit, otherwise there wouldn't be 15 different bikes of varying design, all capable of reaching the podium.
i'm sorry you're so RIGHT that you had to blurt out something ridiculous sounding on the internet to make yourself feel super smart.
what canadian bike company is that you engineer for?
hope you have some fantastic product testing going on. i've seen some pretty smart engineers make some pretty dumb shit happen
smart looking bike tho...