“Book Descriptions: This new collection from cyclist Bob Roll reflects his unique perspective on the professional racing circuit and his own brand of dry humor. Straightforward yet sly, funny but perhaps a little crazy, Roll calls it like he sees it. Here are anecdotes about the Tour de France, international mountain-bike tournaments, training struggles, heart-stopping fascinating inside look at the world of championship cycling.
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 -- The watch -- 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 -- Il Becco Bartalese, following in Coppi's and Bartali's tracks” DRIVE