As his great-grandfather owned a bike shop, passing it down to his grandfather, Ian had little choice other than be a cyclist. Racing for four decades off and on from the age of 13, he trained as a journalist at the age of 40, working for the Guardian online and Cycling Weekly, before joining Rouleur in 2008. He was appointed Editor of Rouleur magazine in 2014, then Executive Editor in 2017, oveseeing print, online and podcast output across the Gruppo Media brand.