Burley Design (previously Burley Design Cooperative) LLC is a company in
Eugene, Oregon
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,
United States
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that has produced outdoor family products since 1978. Its blue and yellow children's bicycle trailers were among the first on sale, in the early 1980s. In the past, Burley also made
bicycle
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s,
tandem bicycle
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s,
recumbent bicycle
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s, and rain gear.
Burley was run as a
worker-owned cooperative from its inception until June 2006, when the company converted to a private corporation. In September 2006, Burley Design was purchased by Eugene businessman Michael Coughlin.
[Schoening, Joel. (2010)]
The Rise and Fall of Burley Design Cooperative
''Oregon Historical Quarterly'', 111:3, 312–341. Accessed November 30, 2010. Production of bicycles and apparel ended that month, and the company turned to child, adventure, and pet trailers.
Trailers
* d'lite ST...Smart Transport New for 2009
* Solo ST...Smart Transport New for 2009
* d'lite
* Solo
* Cub
* Encore
* Honey Bee
* Bee
* Nomad
* Flatbed
* Tail Wagon
* Rover
* Travoy (Urban Trailer System) New for 2010
* Bark Ranger (L&XL) New for 2022
Trailercycles
* Piccolo (attaches to Moose Rack, not seatpost)
* Kazoo (similar to Piccolo, but a single speed)
Upright bicycles (no longer in production)
* Hudson
* Vagabond
* McKenzie
* Sahalie
* Wolf Creek
* Fox Hollow
* Pine Grove
* Harlow
* Runabout
Tandem bicycles (no longer in production)
* Duet
* Rock 'N Roll
* Rumba
* Paso Doble
* Bossa Nova
* Tamberello
* Zydeco
* Samba, mountain bike
* Bongo, mountain bike
Recumbent bicycles (no longer in production)
* Jett Creek - LWB
* Koosah - LWB
* Spider - LWB
* Nasoke - LWB
* Hepcat - SWB
* Django - SWB
* Canto - LWB
* Sand Point - LWB
See also
*
Bike Friday
*
List of bicycle part manufacturing companies
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List of companies based in Oregon
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References
External links
Official website
Cycle parts manufacturers
Cycling in Oregon
Former cooperatives of the United States
Companies based in Eugene, Oregon
Design companies established in 1978
Manufacturing companies established in 1978
1978 establishments in Oregon
Cooperatives based in Oregon
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