Foreword Dan Koeppel (1 results)
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 4th Printing. 195 Pages. Store sticker on back cover. This book is a compilation of articles and journals published in VeloNews since 1996. Bob Roll is an odd combination of professional mountain and road bike racer, writer, and philosopher all rolled into one: a bit of a poet, a bit of a m…ad man, sly, a little dirty, beyond gonzo when it's hammer time, calling it like it is all the way down the line. The journal entries, the stories, the Tour de France and world mountain-bike championships, anecdotes that you don't hear riding sport class or category III, are all part of what make Bobke, pronounced boob-ka, such an interesting read. Imagine a sober Hunter S. Thompson racing the professional mountain and road circuit and you'd still come up a little short. Love him or hate him, Roll definitely has something to say, and doesn't mince words doing it. Part I Contents in 16 Chapters: Way Out West, The Day the Big Men Cried, One Racer's View, Believe or Leave, Blind Faith Was My Motto at the '86 Tour, Springtime in Hell, Bobke on the Defensive, Lost in the Jemez, Bobke Takes to the Dirt, Deep Down Dirty with Bobke, Living in a Lactic-acid Crippling Haze, Euro Trashed, Dream Season, Nerves + Neurosis, Rhythm is a Racer, and The Watch. Part II Contents 14 Chapters: The Sport According to Bobke, The Water Hole Revisited, One Heli Tour, Bobke's Back!, Dry Bread Wants a Harley, Lance and the Dipped in Ding-dong Doodle, Down in Dixie, Nine Guesses, A Day at the Fair, The Night before Amstel, Into the Twenty-first Century, 51 Things to Do before You Die, Eurotrash and the Texas Tornado,Training Tips with Bobke, and Il Becco Bartalese Following in Coppi's and Bartali's Tracks. Johnson, Erin - Design (illustrator).
