Dog in a Hat: An American Bike Racer's Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal, and Beauty in Belgium

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Overview

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.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781934030264
  • Publisher: VeloPress
  • Publication date: 9/1/2008
  • Pages: 205
  • Sales rank: 134,724
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Joe Parkin was an amateur bike racer in California when he met Bob Roll (Bobke II), who advised him to move to Belgium to further his cycling career. He represented the United States at the World Professional Cycling Championships and the World Cyclocross Championships. Following his road racing years in Belgium, he returned to the United States and began a successful second career as a pro mountain bike racer. For more information on Joe, please visit www.adoginahat.com.

Table of Contents


Foreword   Bob Roll     ix
Nobody Else in the Photo     1
Langst de Vaart     23
Kermis Don't Play Fair     45
Rolling with Eurotop     63
Stars and Stripes     79
A Dog in a Hat     95
Through the Tulips     115
Controlling the Race     127
Mexican Connection     145
Blue-Collar Racing     159
Chasing a Ride     189
Epilogue     203
Team History     205
Acknowledgments     207
About the Author     209

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  • Posted May 17, 2012

    Entertaining Weekend Read.

    I thoroughly enjoyed Joe Parkin's book about his time as a cyclist racing in Europe. His insights were sometimes hilarious, other times sad. Getting some inside scoop on the personalities was also very good. I look forward to reading his next book about cycling back in the States. Good job Parkin!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 14, 2012

    Good read

    I enjoyed Parkins story not because it describes the pro racing lifestyle in colorful prose (which it does), but more because he represents the life of a racer who struggles to make the podium but is happy to be a part of the scene.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 23, 2009

    Great read...even for non-cyclists

    Page turner that does not get rapped up in the technical aspect of bicycle racing, but exposes the reader to 'the scene' with an honest take by the author. It re-emphasizes the amazing capabilities of cyclists as athelets, even the 'dopers'.

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