Career
Until 2007, between racing and training, McCallum worked night shifts as a nurse He is currently the Scottish Cycling Coordinator, combining the job with his racing and training, working to promote cycling in Scotland. McCallum"s Grandfather was a cyclist before him, but McCallum dabbled in many sports before settling on cycling, at one point he was a gymnast.
He recently joined the Champions in Schools projects that helps to inspire Scotland"s youth to follow a pathway to good health and sport.
James now runs his own coaching consultancy - Mach 10 training systems McCallum left Rapha Condor–JLT at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the NFTO Pro Cycling squad for 2014.
McCallum announced that he would be retiring from the sport after competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. After retiring from racing he became directeur sportif and general manager of the Neon Velo cycling team in 2015.
In August 2015 he announced that he was joining ONE Pro Cycling as a coach and directeur sportif with immediate effect.