Mike Burrows Wife: Meet Tuula Burrows

Mike Burrows was a British bicycle designer from Norwich, England. He was born in 1943 and died in August 2022 at age 79.

Though much of Burrows’ personal life was kept under the wraps, he was believed to have been married to a lady known only as Tuula. That’s about the only information known about the personal life of Burrows.

In terms of his work as a designer, Burrows is best known for his collaborative work with the design of the track carbon-fibre Lotus 108 time trial bicycle manufactured by Lotus for Chris Boardman, when he won the 1992 Olympic 4000m pursuit in Barcelona.

Burrows was also involved in utility cycling and he designed;

• A folding cycle (the Giant Halfway), an especially thin machine (the 2D) that takes up little space in a hallway,
• The 8-Freight cargo bike in use with cycle courier companies such as Outspoken Delivery, and
• Makes customised screen and PA carrying freight bikes with extendable “batwings” for AV2 Hire.

Burrows’ designs have become noted for featuring cantilever suspended wheels.

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

Prior to his death, he also collaborated on projects with Richard Ballantine.