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As a bike designer he's a failure
Depends a bit on what you mean by "bike designer". I can see how his tendency to allow the best to become the enemy of the good could be annoying when it comes to making a commercial product, but the prototypes have been successful in their own terms and influential.
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Burrows on Prolly: https://theradavist.com/2020/08/britains-fastest-self-powered-human-mike-burrows/
Hot take: Burrows is a stuck-up grumpy old fart. As a bike designer he's a failure because he refuses to compromise, and as a human he's exceedingly arrogant. Who cares how brilliant you are at sculpting a monoblade if you lack the humility to live in the real world.