Bossi was backed financially by his dad John-Paul, a dentist by profession but also a keen amateur rider going back many years.

And once the decision had been made to take the plunge and turn their combined passion for cycling into a new business, things happened at a lightning fast pace.

“I selected the factory in Shenzhen in March, got the first prototype frame back within a month, then about a month after that we had the full-painted version,” designer James says.

“I did all the testing myself out in China, spending about two months reviewing the prototype and working on tweaking the design.

“That new bike took another month to produce, which took us up to August or September of 2016 and by February 2017 we had our full production models delivered.”

Those full production models now make up the four-model range – three aluminium and one carbon fibre - sitting proudly in the newly-acquired Bossi Bicyles shop in Annandale in Sydney’s inner west.

The father-son duo made a decision early in the process that they would aim their bikes at the commuter market and are big advocates for getting as many people onto two wheels as they possibly can.