Mystery bike ID hel needed

[Jayem]

D8's bike?

[Kiwiplague]

Could be an AMP Research B3.

[TiGeo]

Ok, sorry, I didn't look close enough to notice it actually says AMP on the rear dropout..so my Wal-Amp comments are off..disregard..looks like a B3 to me.

[Dirty $anchez]

Look at it with one eye closed.

[TiGeo]

Dude...that is it or damn close. This also explains why it needed canti mounts clamped to the seat stays.

[Drummerboy1975]

Close, but no.

[kingbozo]

Pic of a B3

[roadie scum]

Close, but no.

Sorry but that is as close a iteneration of yours as you are going to get. Email AMP w/ pics and ask them. You're welcome.

[DIRTJUNKIE]

Still not it, check out the gussets at the end of the toptube of the OP's. It is most definitely an AMP suspension design. But during this time frame there were several companies using that design.

[TiGeo]

That AMP is absolutely MONEY! Love the skinwall Smokes.

[DIRTJUNKIE]

That AMP is absolutely MONEY! Love the skinwall Smokes.

Yeah definitely a cool looking vintage bike. But one of the worst suspension designs ever.

[Drummerboy1975]

As I posted earlier, it has an Amp swingarm, but what the frame is, thats still up in th air.

[DIRTJUNKIE]

As I posted earlier, it has an Amp swingarm, but what the frame is, thats still up in th air.

Yeah that post was in reference to the the photo of the AMP. Your frame is definitely not an AMP but one of the several companies that used that suspension design. The mystery rolls on.
Edit: Unless your frame is an AMP and some gussets were custom welded on to it. Just a thought, because those AMP frames were very prone to cracking.

[TiGeo]

Yeah definitely a cool looking vintage bike. But one of the worst suspension designs ever.

Oh man, I don't think so...the Horst Link is the basis for some of the designs still in use! The thing I remember about them is the flexiness of the rear end.

[Drummerboy1975]

On the one I have, the cable for the RD runs through the chain stay....

[GelatiCruiser]

Where did it come from or where did you find it? Any history on it at all? Might help narrow it down.

[NateHawk]

it looks like the 2000 B3 had the right curved TT and seat tube gusset, but can't tell about the HT gusset.

AMP Research 2000 B-3 All Country XT Full Suspension Bike Reviews

I don't think we'll find anything that looks right with the clamp on brake post mounts, because AMP was playing around with its 3 bolt disc brake

this one is about the most similar pic I have found, but I don't know what year it was.



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Note that the derailleur cable does run through the chainstay.



Amp B4 content

sifting through google images, I can't find any verified 2000 models of this bike aside from the tiny mtbr thumbnail. A lot of other manufacturers who used this frame design (Mongoose, Litespeed) used square tubing in the rear triangle, presumably to reduce the flexiness. they also ran the rear derailleur cable down the seatstay.

[Drummerboy1975]

Thanks Natehawk!!!

[Drummerboy1975]

Could it be a 1999 B3 with some parts changed?

[Drummerboy1975]

Any more idea's???

[2fargon]

Am I crazy here?

http://http://www.bikepedia.com/quic...e#.ULQ93If7LAw

[2fargon]

Bad with link, sorry. Google "2000 AMP Research B-3 Laguna Beach Classic"

[2fargon]

Having a hard time finding a photo that doesn't suck

[2fargon]

The bikepedia page for that bike shows a picture that looks very similar to me, though I'm not sure if the pic is actually of the B-3 Laguna Classic

[DIRTJUNKIE]

The bikepedia page for that bike shows a picture that looks very similar to me, though I'm not sure if the pic is actually of the B-3 Laguna Classic

I wouldn't hold Bikepedia as being a bike Bible as some think. I found 3 mistakes on a description of one bike I recently looked up. If they can make 3 mistakes on one bike I can just imagine how many mistakes there are amongst thousands of bikes.