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Backroads: Tom Hale. How a desk worker became a trailblazer in active travel
- ▶ 1:03 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how a midnight epiphany led Tom Hale to quit his job and launch Backroads, a bike touring company that grew into one of the largest active travel companies in the world. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:54 Tom Hale Well, I came up with a name for the company, Backroads, and you know, that was the first name I came up with, and I was going to go on a bike trip,
- ▶ 10:05 Tom Hale And, and I was initially going to start a company in a geographic area like the Northern California where I'm from, but I got back and realized that I got, there's all these national parks that would be great to do. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:55 Tom Hale Anyway, but Backroads was one of the roommates. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:42 Guy Raz When we come back in just a moment, how a rollover van accident in the Nevada desert almost puts an end to the story of backroads.
- ▶ 20:11 Guy Raz Backroads is growing at a steady pace, but it's still a pretty small company, and Tom is about to face a setback he cannot afford. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:49 Tom Hale Didn't have any investors, never, it's, um, remained a hundred percent closely held family business for 46 years, and, um, my dad, and my uncle, and my best friend from graduate school, 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:38 Guy Raz To the company.
- ▶ 32:40 Tom Hale It was, our name was Backroads Bicycle Touring for the first 15 years or so. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:00 Guy Raz So by 2001, Backroads has grown from a one man show into a pretty solid business. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 44:13 Guy Raz Tom, when you think about, you know, this business that you started, right, when you were 26 and where it is now, I think you're one of the biggest 3 times in the scene