Background
Sibbit was the son of a butcher from Ancoats in Manchester.
Sibbit was the son of a butcher from Ancoats in Manchester.
By 41 he had held 12 national titles including tandem sprints, with Dennis Horn. Jack Sibbit built, rode and sold his own "Jack East Sibbit" bicycles from premises at 475 Stockport Road, Manchester. Competition
Sibbit began racing in 1919 when he joined the Manchester Wheelers" Club.
(or eight times) Sibbit rode on the front of the tandem.
East. H. Chambers was his stoker for five of the national championship victories. Sibbit held three British tandem track records with Chambers.
Sibbit rode in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. By 41 he had held 12 national titles including tandem sprints, with Horn.
From 1922, Sibbit represented Britain in world championships in England, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and Germany.
He retired from racing in 1938 to became an official He was British team manager at the 1948 and 1949 world championships, in the Netherlands and Denmark. Sibbit bicycles
Later in his career he rode bicycles that bore his own name.
Sibbit bicycles were ridden by people such as Regional Harris.
The badge stated "Jack East Sibbit 475 Stockport Road Manchester". Sibbit worked for Ford during the second world war and resumed making hand-made cycles from 1946 until his death in November 1950 at 55.
The Golden Book.