I know, I know... it's not a real one but when local eBay throws you a bone over here you grab it.

Here it is put together for a test ride today, I had plans for vintage bullhorns but I really need risers on a 20" Maybe I'll try again on a stem with some rise on it. The frame seems small to me for a 20 but if I get along with it at all I think I'll put some effort into it.

Anyhoo... enough waffling, to the pics. Click for bigness.

Nice!

How does this ride? Is the back end a bit wayward? I've got a Amplifier 1 without the square back end and it's a bit wobbly at times.

Thanks I haven't had the chance to thrash it yet but so far so good.

I saw one of these for the 1st time on the internet today. Mongoose has made some good bikes over the years.

I like it!

I was thinking yellow Judy lowers too, but settled on blue.

nice! liking the blue and orange.. by the way, what tyres are those?

Thanks chaps



Panaracer Magics. Not bad performers for retro rubber.

Nice Mongoose you got there

You inspired me to take mine out for a ride today. The frame had been hanging in the back of my LBS since 95. Today was the first time it had been ridden. Ever.



Your bike may not be a "real" AMP Mongoose, but Frank Wadelton (Frank the Welder from Yeti) did a bunch of the rear ends of the Amplifier2s for Mongoose (who subsequently never paid his invoice), so you may have a rather unique bike with at least half a pedigree.

That - is - Brilliant !

Everything matches perfectly. Is that a Kore stem? I have Kore Ti skewers on my rig

That's a beauty too! How did it ride on it's first outing?

Like a much stiffer version of my old Rocky Mountain the Edge. Slow6 said in his OP that his 20" was small for him, which leads me to believe he's a big guy. If you're bigger/heavier, you're going to get along much better with one of these Amplifier2s (or Litespeed's version, the Hiwassee) than any of the AMP B series frames.

What are your thoughts on red gear with this frame?

The red's cool. I think I prefer it this way. Ridden it yet?

FYR, the original Amplifier was (obviously) made by AMP Research In Laguna Beach but your Amplifier 2 (& the rear end of the Litespeed above) were made (in China?) by the Canadian Company Kinesis.

I had a (Kinesis-made) '96 Avanti Hardcore with a similarly constructed rear-end (albeit a 4-bar) that used an identical chainstay/swingarm. My '97 Avanti Moto Pro also used that chainstay.