In 1987, Joe Parkin was an amateur bike racer in California when he ran into Bob Roll, a pro on the powerhouse Team 7-Eleven. "Lobotomy Bob" told Parkin that, to become a pro, he must go to Belgium. Riding along a canal in Belgium years later, Roll ...
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 |  Author : Joe Parkin Number of Pages : 205 Publisher : Velo Press Company : VELO List Price: Our Price: $11.15 You Save: $10.8 (50%) Used Price : $7.81 |
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- An American Bike Racer's Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal, and Beauty in Belgium
- A Dog in a Hat is the remarkable story of Joe Parkin
- In 1987, Parkin left the comforts of home to become a bike racer in Belgium, the hardest place in the world to be a bike racer
- As one of the first American pros in Europe, Parkin was what the Belgians call "a dog with a hat on - something familiar, yet decidedly out of place
- Paperback with color photo section
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In 1987, Joe Parkin was an amateur bike racer in California when he ran into Bob Roll, a pro on the powerhouse Team 7-Eleven. "Lobotomy Bob" told Parkin that, to become a pro, he must go to Belgium. Riding along a canal in Belgium years later, Roll encountered Parkin, who he described as "a wraith, an avenging angel of misery, a twelve-toothed assassin". Roll barely recognized him. Belgium had forged Parkin into a pro, and changed him forever. A Dog in a Hat is Joe's remarkable story.Parkin lays it all out: the drugs, the payoffs, the betrayals, the battles for contracts, the endless promises, and the glory of racing day after day. A Dog in a Hat is the unforgettable story of the un-ordinary education of Joe Parkin and his love affair with racing, set in the hard place in the world to be a bike racer.
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