{"product_id":"a-dog-in-a-hat-an-american-bike-racers-story-of-mud-drugs-blood-betrayal-and-beauty-in-belgium","title":"A Dog in a Hat: An American Bike Racer's Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal, and Beauty in Belgium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1934030260\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Parkin, Joe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn 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 | Foreward by Bob Roll Paperback, 232 pages, 6 x 9\"\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Miakarts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49683274825968,"sku":"NEW1934030260","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ethereallybeautiful.com\/products\/a-dog-in-a-hat-an-american-bike-racers-story-of-mud-drugs-blood-betrayal-and-beauty-in-belgium","provider":"Ethereally Beautiful","version":"1.0","type":"link"}