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Title: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie king?
Post by: RATTY on February 15, 2009, 10:13 PM

Just wondered what happened to him?

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: stu27 on February 15, 2009, 10:31 PM

im curious as well,didnt he just have the pk ripper frame and a chopper syle seat
oh and hair to die for

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: jedi on February 15, 2009, 10:32 PM

last i saw of him saw at sobel center 84 ish

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: CD17 on February 15, 2009, 10:36 PM

Quote from: stu27 on February 15, 2009, 10:31 PM

im curious as well,didnt he just have the pk ripper frame and a chopper syle seat
oh and hair to die for

Yes he did I have an article about him in one of my Magazine's

Don't know what happened to him though  :-\

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: harris on February 15, 2009, 10:40 PM

i remember a recent pic of him at a us bmx get together,so he  is about.

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: daz bmx it! on February 15, 2009, 10:45 PM

I wonder if he's still wheelie-ing around now? :D

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: MartyC on February 16, 2009, 01:23 AM

I remember him wheelie-ing round Eastway's road circuit in the pouring rain  ;D

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: scary_leary on February 16, 2009, 07:37 AM

Fair play.. he got lots of exposure from one trick.

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: RATTY on February 16, 2009, 07:43 AM

He did the one wheel wheelie round eastway road circuit as well if i recall. He was rad as well, im sure he had a photo shoot in obmx in the early days

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: meticulous on February 16, 2009, 08:15 AM

Wow!!! i remember him too, riding everwhere without a front wheel...  didnt have a world record for doing that....

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: pickle on February 16, 2009, 08:19 AM

didn't he also do a thing when he would ride around doing a wheely and take the front end apart as he went around?  :-\

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: Swivel on February 16, 2009, 08:42 AM

Yes I remember him clearly actually. I have a BMX annual somewhere, with him wheeling and then taking apart the bars, forks and what not off the bike as he went along, leaving just the frame, crank and back wheel, was very cool  :D. I remember him being in all Haro gear also? Be good to find out what his doing now. Anyone know him on here?

Matt  ;)

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: Swivel on February 16, 2009, 08:59 AM

http://brainfood.howies.co.uk/2008/12/fixed-wheel-funthe-wheelie-king-craig-strong/

Check this  ;D

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: daz bmx it! on February 16, 2009, 09:07 AM

 :LolLolLolLol: nice forks on that ripper aswell :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: Swivel on February 16, 2009, 09:09 AM

Check out that seat also, huge! Wonder what he is up to now and if his still got that hair! :D

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: mattnice on February 16, 2009, 09:59 AM

i bought his hair on ebay NOS

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: dialledbikes on February 16, 2009, 10:13 AM

He'll always be remembered for wheelies, but he/his family also owned Strongs Cycles in the Bournemouth area and I think they were the main importer for Nishiki BMX frames/bikes, which I always thought were pretty underrated at the time.

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: lodge on February 16, 2009, 10:16 AM

Flaz posted this clip in another section, craig strongs in it.

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: Swivel on February 16, 2009, 10:41 AM

 :LolLolLolLol:

Quote from: mattnice on February 16, 2009, 09:59 AM

i bought his hair on ebay NOS

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: southern andy on February 16, 2009, 01:07 PM

His Dad built my first race bike back in 83, a Diamond Back senior Pro. Their shop was a tiny place on a little side road in Boscombe, the main shop for BMX at the time in that area was Hot Wheels.

I never saw craig in the shop, only his dad but i used to see him a lot at Solent Spitfires Southampton track.

I was also given a Strongs shirt when my dad bought me my DB, wish i still had it.  :'(  Mind you i wish i still had that bike, nice tyres also.


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/scan0005.jpg)

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: gossa on February 16, 2009, 08:38 PM

Mmm, he used a fixed wheel, so with the banana seat i'd say he wheelied like a queen, not a king...........

Ow, check me out being controversial!

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: TwoBobRob on February 16, 2009, 11:31 PM

Unicycling.

Not a wheelie at all.

In my humble opinion, obviously........ :D

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: RATTY on February 16, 2009, 11:49 PM

Quote from: TwoBobRob on February 16, 2009, 11:31 PM

Unicycling.

Not a wheelie at all.

In my humble opinion, obviously........ :D

His early stuff was on a bike, a supergoose iir!!

Title: Re: Anyone remember Craig Strong, the wheelie kind?
Post by: gossa on February 17, 2009, 09:32 PM

Quote from: RATTY on February 16, 2009, 11:49 PM

Quote from: TwoBobRob on February 16, 2009, 11:31 PM

Unicycling.

Not a wheelie at all.

In my humble opinion, obviously........ :D

His early stuff was on a bike, a supergoose iir!!

Yep Ratty but that Ripper with a fixed wheel and banana seat might as well have been a unicycle.