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Richard Cunningham already owned Mantis and made the elevated stay frames as custom jobs.
He designed frames for Nishiki to mass produce.
Both used bolted on steel rear ends and aluminium fronts in an attempt to use the best properties of both materials.
Something which Gary Fisher also did on the CR7.

I loved the look of the old Mantises, with the monocoque (or perhaps half and half, like the old Mountain Cycles) front end. What was the name of the full suspension one he did - Pro Floater or something?