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Mongoose Amasa Comp XC Hardtail
Product Description
User Reviews
Submitted by
Dan Cobb
a Weekend Warrior
from Cambridge, UK Date Reviewed: April 25, 2011 Strengths: 130mm forks. Solid feel to frame. Stable geometry with short chainstays. OEM hydraulic brakes. Comfy WTB seat. Looks good in dark blue. Weaknesses: OEM stem & bars slightly heavy. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Slalom & Coaster, Taupo, NZ Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $550.00 Purchased At: Cycle Time, Hamilton Similar Products Used: Other hardtails. Bike Setup: (2006 Amasa Comp 18 inch frame): Truvative XR 60mm stem, 2.35 Maxxis High Roller (front), 2.4 Continental Speed King (rear), Original 130mm travel Manitou Splice forks and Hayes Sole hydraulic brakes still work great. 
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turbotad
a Cross Country Rider
from Arlington, VA Date Reviewed: July 29, 2009 Strengths: * Great Components for the price * Excellent brakes * Sharp, quick handling * Long-travel fork Weaknesses: * Hate the SRAM shifters - they're bizarre Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Mt. Shasta Fire Road Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $510.00 Purchased At: Performance Similar Products Used: * Giant Butte (heavily, heavily customized) * GT Aggressor Bike Setup: Stock except for Forte pedals (excellent value) and Forte barends.
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kanani42
a Weekend Warrior
from hawthorne, ca. u.s. Date Reviewed: July 20, 2009 Strengths: great components, good responsivness Weaknesses: disc breaks squeal, too noisy Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: mainly beach riding Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $510.00 Purchased At: performance bike Similar Products Used: gt pantera Bike Setup: everything stock except pedals. Changed to Forte pedals 
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jdevilphx
a Weekend Warrior
from Phoenix, AZ Date Reviewed: April 1, 2009 Strengths: ProMax hydraulic disc, rotors: 180mm front, 160mm rear work really well and have great feel to them. I think the greatest strength of the bike is the SRAM X.5 shifters, this is the first time i have had SRAM shifters and i can't believe how quickly you can pop through the gears. Bike has a great feel to it, you can really feel the trail and it responds well. Weaknesses: Why are the handle bars so wide?! The bars are seriously too wide and you will worry about it on tight trials. Front shocks have a lot of rebound and the bike is a little front heavy. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: McDowell Mtn Park Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $550.00 Purchased At: Performance Similar Products Used: None, this is my first hardtail. Bike Setup: 2009 model: black Tires: 26x2.1 Kenda ExCavator Wheelset: Alex TD24 double wall, disc specific rims with Formula Disc Alloy QR 32H hubs Frame: Flat top tube technologies All Mountain 6061 Alloy Headset: FSA Crankset: FSA Alpha Drive 44/32/22T ISIS Bottom Bracket: FSA ISIS cartridge Chain: KMC Z-9200 Stem: Mongoose alloy 31.8x90mm (small & medium) 110mm (large) Pedals: Mongoose alloy platform Handlebar: Mongoose alloy riser 31.8x30x685mm Seatpost: Mongoose alloy with micro adjust clamp Grips/Tape: Mongoose lock-on Rear Shock: NA Levers: ProMax hydraulic Brakes: ProMax hydraulic disc, rotors: 180mm front, 160mm rear Fork: SR Suntour MAG 32-LOD 120mm travel, magnesium lowers, 32mm aluminum stanchions, hydro damping and lock out Front Derailleur: SR Suntour XCR414 Cassette: SRAM PG-950 11-32 9-speed cassette Rear Derailleur: SRAM X.5 Shifters: SRAM X.5 triggers 27 speed Saddle: WTB Pure V Sport
Submitted by
gdd1961
a Weekend Warrior
from Schertz, Texas, USA Date Reviewed: March 20, 2009 Strengths: Great Bike Weaknesses: None Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Gov't Canyon natural area park Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $379.00 Purchased At: Action Bikes Similar Products Used: Cannondale Delta V700 Bike Setup: Stock, added clipless pedals, heavy duty slime tubes, the cactus will end your ride!
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Michael Ivanov
a Weekend Warrior
from Baltimore, MD, USA Date Reviewed: January 31, 2008 Strengths: I have '06 model. Great components for its value! Manitou Splice Comp 130mm fork, Hayes Sole Hydraulic brakes, Nevegal tyres. Weaknesses: Nothing yet. Has about 500 miles on it, but still works like new. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: all around Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $450.00 Purchased At: eBay Similar Products Used: Mongoose Wing Elite, Specialized HardRock Pro Bike Setup: All stock except rear derailleur.
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Daniel Cobb
a Weekend Warrior
from Rotorua, New Zealand Date Reviewed: November 24, 2007 Strengths: 2005 yellow model (purchased April '06) - Large size. Strong frame, faultless drivetrain componentry (mainly Deore), looks good. Avid BB5 cable discs are ok. Manitou Axle 100mm fork has handled small jumps and drops well. Good geometry for singletrack, road and getting up the hills - especially with bar ends. Weaknesses: Weak WTB dual duty wheels. Heavy and poor grip alloy pedals. WTB seat rail bent. Broke the single bolt seatpost (heavy too). Heavy long 100mm stem. WTB Exiwolf tyres only on dry trails and grass. Brake cables tend to stick after a while. The large frame combined with a long stem has always been a stretch over the front for me (5'10 height). It took 9 foot high fall over the bars (broken collarbone) to convince me to change the stem. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Split Enz with Pondy, Rotorua Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $550.00 Purchased At: Cycle Time, Hamilton, N.Z. Similar Products Used: 2006 Mongoose Amasa Comp (med) - better 130mm forks, Hayes Sole brakes, Nevegal tyres - hard to fault. Avanti Atomic. GT Avalanche. Kona Cinder Cone. Bike Setup: Alex Supra BH wheels. Alloy pedals with stainless sprigs. Giant (Velo?) cabon gel roadbike seat. Truvativ 2 bolt post. Truvative XR 60mm stem. Bar ends. Range of tyres: Kenda Nevegals (damp, rocky or loose), Tioga White Tiger (front only - mud), Specialized Rhythym (dry, smooth and street), Maxxis High Roller 2.1 (dry trail).
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David Guiney
a Weekend Warrior
from Ireland Date Reviewed: October 24, 2007 Strengths: Good control, easy to take any line, strong build, takes a hammering, v good forks, brakes fantasatic. Weaknesses: Maybe a little on the heavy side. handle bars seem very wide, but that would be a personal thing. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Ballyhouras Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $400.00 Purchased At: Private
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Ricky yo
a Downhiller
from newzealand Date Reviewed: July 20, 2007 Strengths: every think these r the best Weaknesses: the forksm are good but u need to service them onece a year if u ride hard Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Dunedin!!<<< yea Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $550.00 Purchased At: cyclecergy<<<great shop Dunnzaa << rep haRD Similar Products Used: giant upland,o6 pump720 Bike Setup: stock part from pedals and handle bars and rims
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ken foster
a Weekend Warrior
from west covina, CA Date Reviewed: April 28, 2007 Strengths: Super strong frame, Sram 27 speed drivetrain, Kenda Nevegal tires, Hayes Sole Hydraulic Disc Brakes, 130mm Manitou Splice Comp. This bike flys downhill. Weaknesses: Tall steep top tube angle,Got to lay on the bars going up hill. Heavy. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Chino Hills state park Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $480.00 Purchased At: New in the box 2006 from Mikes Bikes on ebay Similar Products Used: Gt, Trek, Marin, Gary Fisher, Giantall in same price range $599 or less. Bike Setup: Took it out of the box and assembled it in under a 1/2 hour. Front wheel, handlebars and seat had to be attached. Checked shifting...spot on. Adjusted brake pads and with my park hex key set in pocket was off for a 2 hour breakin ride.
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gavin kraig
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane, QLD, Australia Date Reviewed: January 18, 2007 Strengths: EVERY THING Weaknesses: Not much only that the forks are a bit spingy and have chucked me over a few times before Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Northshore Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $600.00 Purchased At: bums on bikes Similar Products Used: Avanti Barracuda Bike Setup: STOCK
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Richard Ellis
a Cross Country Rider
from Hampshire, UK Date Reviewed: August 5, 2006 Strengths: Excellent ride quality, awesome gearing and very responsive feel. I don't do jumping or extreme downhilling and this suits me perfectly. The solid feel fills you with confidence and had me going downhill off-road much faster than I used to. I also don't plan on carrying it that often, so the frame weight doesn't bother me. Weaknesses: Make sure the supplier sets it up properly and then double check they have done it. Only niggles were because EvansCycles didn't tighten things up properly. Jury still out on the Handlebars, I'll stick with them for a while, gear shifters take a little getting used to Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $600.00 Purchased At: Evans Cycles online Similar Products Used: Kona Cinder Cone, Specialized Hardrock 2003 Bike Setup: Standard except peddles, which I changed for my faithful Shimano M545's and Cane Creek Ergo Bar End II's.
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Iain Harris
a Cross Country Rider
from Taunton, Somerset Date Reviewed: June 27, 2005 Strengths: Quality of the components for the price is excellent. Overall feel of the ride very good. Bought largely because bike mag gave it mega-review for quality & value for money. Anticipated problems with Manitou forks but none experienced - no bottoming out or weird noises (like some reveiws have mentioned) and I do ride quite hard. I do hard XC and this bike seems to be perfect for the job although it does feel quite 'large'. Very impressive bike but a few niggles. Weaknesses: XL frame (i'm 6'4") is quite heavy. Brake levers too close to handlebars - wind them out only to have them wind themselves back in during the rides. Don't know how to get them to stay 'out'... Crank came undone and whole lot nearly fell off! First ride after bike shop PDI'ed it and crank undid itself repeatedly. Fixed now. Hayes-sole brake-pad adjuster on rear caliper fell apart. Adjuster would not adjust pad - just went round and round then came off. Bike shop getting new caliper (sometime). Pedals aren't the best - have upgraded to SPDs. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Coed-y-Brenin, Quantocks Duration Product Used: 3 months Bike Setup: As supplied - deore throughout, WTB rims saddle & tyres, Truvativ cranks, True technologies bar stem seat-post, Hayes sole discs, Manitou axel elite forks.
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