CY TURNER
What is your current job title/role in the bike industry?
Founder and Director of Cotic Bikes. I own and run Cotic and design all the frames.
What was your job title or field of work before you joined the bike industry?
Project Manager in a small railway engineering consultancy, but that was via being a design engineer and project engineer. I helped design parts of trains, everything from on-board kitchens to full freight wagons. I had a particular specialism with vehicle dynamics, which meant I spent a lot of time in the early 2000s figuring out whether the new trains being introduced at the time would hit bridges and platforms or not (which they don’t, I hasten to add!). I was 30 when I left. What made you leave your previous life? Desperation is probably closest.