Mike Burrows

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Mike Burrows is a bicycle designer, best known for the design of the time trial bike manufactured by Lotus for Chris Boardman, though he also contributed to a bicycle for Graeme Obree.

Burrows has long been involved in the recumbent bicycle/tricycle world, having designed the Speedy or Windcheetah trike and more recently the Ratcatcher, Ratracer and Ratracer B.

He is also involved in utility cycling and has designed a folding cycle (the 2D) and a freight bike (the 8-Freight).

In the 1990s, Mike worked for Giant Bicycles and designed the compact frame TCR road bike amongst others.

Burrows designs often feature cantilever suspended wheels. He supplied a bike fitted with a front monoblade to television science presenter Adam Hart-Davis, which bike featured heavily in some of Hart-Davis' programmes. Hart-Davis also owned a Speedy, finished in his trademark pink and yellow.

Mike has also recently designed delivery bicycles in use cycle courier companies such as Outspoken

Mike lives in Norwich, England.

Burrows has written a book, Bicycle Design: Towards the Perfect Machine (ISBN 1-898457-07-7).