Originally Posted by
Germany_chris
As much as we all like Mr. Cunningham none of the raised chainstay designs were attractive
Well, neither was Mr. Cunningham. He was one of the mountain bike pioneers but looks weren't his strong point.
I met him when he was still working in a shop and getting Mantis bicycles going. We were in the same Schwinn School class in 1980- I think both of us already knew how to work on bikes and were just getting the certificate for the wall of the shop. He started Mantis Bicycles the next year and went on to bigger and better things.
MOMBAT: Mantis Bicycles History (mombatbicycles.com)
