Do you remember AMP Mountain Bikes?

[bobswire]

They were gorgeous custom made Mtn bikes. I ran across this article today.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/now-that-was-a-bike-1993-amp-b2.html?utm_source=PBMAIN&utm_campaign=b5a9f90a92-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_18_01_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0e91f74851-b5a9f90a92-100625017

http://i68.tinypic.com/11qsef7.jpg

[Blown Reek]

They did make the coolest forks back in day, and now they make the best running boards for trucks, the PowerStep. Of course, it still uses the parallelogram linkage they were known for. The Bestop ones are crap.

[Dirtdiggler]

on the classified
https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=229226&highlight=amp

[mmelito]

Don't forget the infamous "Horst Link" that change full suspension characteristics. Ahead of their time....maybe aliens

[charliedid]

i rode the fork for about a year

[bicycletricycle]

I love them. I ran the forks for years.

[retrofit]

From article:
Stranded without a source for replacement parts, relatively few rideable examples survive today.

They appear on eBay from time to time -- usually the police branded models.

I have an acquaintance who has a 1998 Mercedes Benz branded Sport Cruiser model and a Mercedes Benz branded 1999 All-Terrain MB-4 that he never rode. He tried to sell them a couple of years ago. Both were in great condition, but he was asking too much. (I may still have pics somewhere...)

[spacemen3]

Forumite gis_guru is restoring an AMP B4 and split-downtube Mongoose Amplifier at the moment. Very cool bikes and light.

[fiamme red]

Was Horst Leitner the first to put rear suspension on mountain bikes?

[charliedid]

Was Horst Leitner the first to put rear suspension on mountain bikes?

I thought it was Mert Lawwill?

[charliedid]

https://mmbhof.org/mert-lawwill/

[hobbanero]

I had one....sort of killed it by doing a bit of downhill.

[Mikej]

I remember hearing them.