Jimbo - Whitten Timber???

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Jimbo - Whitten Timber???

Postby Jon C C on a Bianchi » Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:32 pm

Fantastic ride today (Sunday). beautiful weather (it's February - global warming - we're all doomed)

Met up at West Wickham @ 10 (Simon O, Paul, Sam and me). Rode up through Beddlestead, down to Westerham, back up via Star Hill (hard) :shock: , through Cudham, another climb and back home via Biggin Hill.

63 kms door to door, 706 m of climb, 3% ave climb, max 12% - 14 mph average glorious. :D

Anyway, we met up with a couple of riders and had a chat. One was a bit of a character: 'Jimbo', black bloke riding in Whitten Timber colours, he knows Joyce, he was a big road racer in his day, won't use cleats and still uses toe straps.

Anyone know who he is? Just interested.
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Re: Jimbo - Whitten Timber???

Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:15 am

Sounds like a guy that I knew for a long time riding at Herne Hill, known colloquially as "Jungle Jim".

He was hilarious when they had a "devil take the hindmost", being repeatedly called out, but making out he was variously, deaf, blind, didn't know his number, etc etc
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Re: Jimbo - Whitten Timber???

Postby Jon C C on a Bianchi » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:54 pm

Jungle Jim!!? :shock: a take it that we're talking the early 1950s here! :lol:
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Re: Jimbo - Whitten Timber???

Postby Maria David » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:09 am

Jim still does the Herne Hill league on Mondays and Wednesdays (which his company sponsors).
He's definitely a character, and not a bad rider (well over the shorter distances at least).

He never introduced him to me as "Jungle Jim" neither did I hear anyone call him by that name last season.

Paul are you referring to the days when your average club cyclist's favourite TV show was a toss up between Rising Damp and Love Thy Neighbour ??
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Re: Jimbo - Whitten Timber???

Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:44 am

Of course that was a few years ago, but he used to call himself that, so no offense given or taken.
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