Cycling Australia's new high performance director Simon Jones has a nifty line in analogies.

With still six weeks to go until he officially takes on the job, he likens his upcoming role to being in charge of four wheels instead of two.

"I haven't started yet, I've just opened the bonnet and had a little look underneath," he said.

"I've not given the car a service yet."

Jones' peek came on a flying visit last weekend from Great Britain to check out the national track championships held in Brisbane.

He will soon be behind the wheel of an Australian cycling vehicle that has lost its way at the past three Olympics, just as the fortunes of Great Britain have zoomed ahead.

The past few Olympics have not yielded as much Australian success as administrators would like. ( AP: Pavel Golovkin )

Jones has seen the juggernaut from the ground up, with 12 years at British Cycling and two years at multiple Tour de France-winning Team Sky on his resume.

He is a fan of the funding approach from UK Sport that the Australian Sports Commission has explicitly praised and copied with its Winning Edge program.

"They (Great Britain) have a very ruthless funding approach," he said.

"They've just exited seven sports (from its Olympic funding). I think there's lessons to be learnt there about a deeper, more focussed approach.

"We need to focus on the medal events that are going to give is us the best chance of results and then align resources to that, but equally, what we're not going to do is focus on winning.

"What we're going to do is focus on what it takes to win."

Currently, though, British Cycling is in crisis. The national program has been forced to reform in the face of sexism and bullying allegations.

Jones says he is saddened by the situation in Britain.

Great Britain set a new world record in the men's team pursuit at the Rio Olympics. ( AP: Pavel Golovkin )

"I don't think it's reflective of the athletes and the vast majority of staff in that program," he said.

Jones rejects any notion that the scandal is indicative of a 'win at all costs' culture that has gone too far.

"High performance is a pretty ruthless place," Jones said.

"Yes, you've got to do it in the right way and that's what I'm personally committed to doing. I'm committed to a program in which we can succeed and I believe we can succeed in do it ethically in the right way and treat people fairly as human beings.

"I'm absolutely 100 per cent committed to that."

Jones praises Team Sky culture despite recent scandal

Jones is leaving his position as head of innovation at Team Sky too, as it becomes embroiled in a scandal that dates well before his time at the organisation.

British parliamentarians are grilling team officials about a mysterious package delivered to Sir Bradley Wiggins during a race in 2011.

Jones says he has not been asked to appear and would not have anything to offer if he had been.

"I wasn't there at the time back in 2011, 2012," he said.

"We haven't discussed internally, that's not what we've done. We've just got on with the job."

Jones is full of praise for the Team Sky culture, saying he would not have the skills or confidence to offer Australia were it not for his opportunities in such a professional environment.

"We don't like losing, we have an unrelenting culture of continuous improvement," he said.

The transition for Jones will be easier than for many, being a dual citizen after seven years at the Western Australian Institute of Sport. In fact, when he asks his teenage daughters to sing a national anthem, it is Advance Australia Fair.

Local cycling fans hope they will be singing it when Australia hits the next Olympic velodrome in Tokyo in 2020.