The elevated chain stay design on the early 90’s Montare and Hoo Koo E Koo is one of the few examples where Gary’s vision could not be successfully engineered into reality. These bikes were notorious for snapping exactly where you would expect them to and it happened to my buddy’s 1991 Montare during its first season on the relatively mild trails of Southeast Michigan.

I found this very lightly used 1992 Hoo Koo E Koo on eBay, cleaned it up, put on some new tires, photographed it and flipped it. I warned the buyer who assured me it would only ever see pavement.