July 30, 2026

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#57 - Oli Broom: He Quit Corporate Life To Cycle The World

Oli Broom left a corporate career at 29 to cycle from England to Australia following the Ashes, ran a charity in Rwanda, and went on to found The Slow Cyclist, a business taking people on journeys through some of the most remote landscapes on earth.

In this conversation, we talk about:

- Quitting a corporate job at 29 with no guarantee it would work out

- Cycling across the world on £5 to £10 a day

- Building a business that survived Ebola, COVID and a war in Ukraine

- How he dealt with the mental and physical impact of serious injury

- Why your twenties are the decade to embrace uncertainty

Oli is the Founder of The Slow Cyclist:

Website - https://www.theslowcyclist.com

You can find Oli here:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/olibroom/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oli-broom-a970922a/

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