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Womens' Cycling Ulster Introduce Gravel Biking At Their Big Day Out
Women's Cycling Ulster recently hosted a day covering all things cycling at Tollymore Mountain Centre, a stunning location sitting right at the foot of the Mourne mountains. With Fustle proudly leading the way in the Gravel bike market we were the obvious people to go along with our fleet of demo bikes, expertise and added camaraderie.
(Written by Connor McCullough)
A number of years ago, myself and my friend Steve took a trip to the island of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. That trip was before either of us were really into camping or cycling that much so it was very new to us. Ever since that trip we said they we would come back and explore the island some more. Fast forward about 6 years to May 2023, and we finally have organised that trip again. 6 years on we are also now both much more experience cyclists and campers and hopefully a bit more prepared for this trip. While I’m not (yet) a Fustle bike owner, the guys at Fustle very kindly let me borrow one of their demo bikes for the trip.
We didn’t really have any specific plans for the trip other than to get the boat from Ballycastle to Islay, cycle across Islay, get the boat to Jura, explore some of Jura, cycle to Craighouse, then get the ferry back to Islay and explore some of Islay.
CAUSEWAY CORE PEDALS THE PERIPHERY OF NORTHERN IRELAND
Two sisters Andrea Harrower & Cathy Booth, both who are very close friends of Fustle founders Alastair & Julie, on two bikes took on 480 miles in an epic two day endurance event cycling around the whole of NI to raise money and awareness for pancreatic cancer Nipanc (Northern Ireland Pancreatic Cancer Charity).
Fustle Family Slieve Croob Fundraiser in aid of Northern Ireland Pancreatic Cancer (NIPANC)
"Fustle Causeway Trail Control is the gravel bike that’s ready to hustle" - Guy Kesteven
We packed up one of our Fustle Causeway Control demo bikes and shipped it out to the guys at Bikeperfect to see what they made of it. Read what Guy Kestevens thoughts on it where below.
2022… you’ve been a bit of a d**k…
I don’t often share my thoughts so bluntly, and if I’m honest, I mostly tend to sanitise each word that comes from my mouth.
This holiday season marks the end of year 3 since we launched Fustle to the public and it’s been both exciting and excruciating all at the same time.
FUSTLE X DONARD COLLAB | EPISODE 2
In the 2nd episode we travel to the hills of Gilnahirk just above Belfast City to visit Johnny Bradley of Elite Refinish.
Sit back and enjoy as we bring the frame through shot blasting and frame preparation, through to priming, painting and then finishing off with a silver leaf for the branding which should match perfectly to the Shimano GRX Limited Edition groupsets that will adorn the bikes when they are built.
Rollo Gillespie was one of the very first customers to buy a Fustle bike, he picked it up from The Yard in Rathfriland and very quickly become a popular character, although we had yet to meet him other than on Instagram.
After suffering some very unfortunate ill health he has written some words of wisdom for us and given some insight into how cycling and the growing Fustle Family community have helped him through these tough times.
Rollo has become a regular on our Fustle family ride outs and we count ourselves very lucky to have such a friendly, fun character join us on our rides. Turns out he is a really good tour guide too, as we found out on a recent ride from his local playground Gosford Forest Park).
Here is Rollo's Story...
Fustle X Donard Collaboration.