Last month our Founder Oli Broom sat down with Rouleur Magazine to discuss his love of slow travel, some of his favourite places, and how it all began with a £20 mountain bike.
Here is an extract of Oli’s interview with India Paine.
“We recently had some feedback from someone who had travelled with us, and he said, ‘This is real travel. It feels raw and real.’ They are not too pampered our trips. I mean, we do a bit of pampering, but there is still that sense of raw travel involved,” Broom said.
This element of travel is what Broom himself loves about exploring a region or country by bike – the raw beauty you get to discover. But another element that he has been keen to blend into his trips is the connection with local people and businesses. As a result, The Slow Cyclist employs local people and another example is Broom’s new trip to Armenia, where they are working with an independent bike shop to lead the routes and showcase the local mountains.”
Read the full interview with Rouleur here.
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