JOHN ‘SHAGGY’ ROSS
Image Credit: Chipps
What is your current role in the bike industry?
Head of Retail and Distribution at The Bicycle Academy and Academy Tools. It’s a new facet of the business so it sounds overly grand, considering I’m the whole department.
What was your job title or field of work before you joined the bike industry?
Systems Standardisation Lead Specialist for Airbus.
What made you leave your previous life?
I’d been doing it a long time and was looking for a change. When I was younger, work was very much there to subsidise my bike racing. I had some substantial help from people like Trek, Alpkit and USE/Exposure, but having a job was very much just to keep me racing. When I didn’t race so much, work was beginning to rule my life.