Mike Burrows, RIP
08-15-22 | 06:27 PM
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Bikes: Ridley Helium SLX, Canyon Endurance SL, De Rosa Professional, Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra, Schwinn Paramount (1 painted, 1 chrome), Peugeot PX10, Serotta Nova X, Simoncini Cyclocross Special, Raleigh Roker, Pedal Force CG2 and CX2
Mike Burrows, RIP
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
08-15-22 | 07:15 PM
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Oh no, too soon! Do we know, was he ill? Now we'll never know what else his fertile imagination would have cooked up.
Thank you Mike, for all the cool bikes'n'stuff. You changed the world, at least a little, for the better.
Mark B
Thank you Mike, for all the cool bikes'n'stuff. You changed the world, at least a little, for the better.
Mark B
08-15-22 | 07:28 PM
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Bikes: Merz x 5 + Specialized Merz Allez x 2, Strawberry/Newlands/DiNucci/Ti x3, Gordon, Fuso/Moulton x2, Bornstein, Paisley,1958-74 Paramounts x3, 3rensho, 74 Moto TC, 73-78 Raleigh Pro's x5, Marinoni x2, 1960 Cinelli SC, 1980 Bianchi SC, PX-10 X 2
Brilliant, RIP Mr. Burrows.
08-15-22 | 09:37 PM
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Then I started getting into the black art of frame building. It was all frogs and cauldrons and very exciting.
“That’s the bike that defined him,” said Boardman. “He went to Lotus because he wanted to see it become something bigger but in some ways it was sad that it became known as ‘the Lotus bike’, because it was ‘the Mike Burrows bike’, in polished form.”
08-15-22 | 11:33 PM
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Bikes: Merz x 5 + Specialized Merz Allez x 2, Strawberry/Newlands/DiNucci/Ti x3, Gordon, Fuso/Moulton x2, Bornstein, Paisley,1958-74 Paramounts x3, 3rensho, 74 Moto TC, 73-78 Raleigh Pro's x5, Marinoni x2, 1960 Cinelli SC, 1980 Bianchi SC, PX-10 X 2
Poignant tribute from Chris Boardman: https://www.bikeradar.com/news/mike-burrows/
That frame blew my mind in 1992
That frame blew my mind in 1992
08-16-22 | 06:34 PM
#6
I recall interesting product.
I think he developed the S/M/lg
for Giant
no applause for that.
those links all had these formidable accept all or go through this List of opt out junk.
enough to drive one offline.
I think he developed the S/M/lg
for Giant
no applause for that.
those links all had these formidable accept all or go through this List of opt out junk.
enough to drive one offline.
