Giant MCR

The bike that was nearly inventor Mike Burrows's crowning glory

- Simon Smythe

Mike Burrows, who died last year, is best known as the British engineer behind the iconic 1992 Olympic pursuit-winning Lotus 108. Less well known is the story of how he took his genius to Taiwan with his Giant MCR.

Burrows, having fallen out with Lotus who he claimed had blocked further production of the 108 while retaining the patent, signed a contract with Giant in 1994. At the same time he publicly accused Raleigh, Britain’s largest bike manufacturer, of ignoring him.