Porsche Bike Adventure: April 2023

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Ride between rainy days

Rained all day yesterday, and gonna rain again all day tomorrow. So I snuck in a little 16-mile neighborhood ride on the 1998 Bike Bike S today.

Saturday, April 22, 2023

More spring rides

More spring rides on the 1998 Porsche Bike S the last couple of days.

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Spring ride

Spring is here. Great neighborhood 14-mile ride on the 1998 Porsche Bike S.

Friday, April 14, 2023

24-mile ride around BWI airport on the 2004 Porsche Bike X after changing the oil in the 2001 Porsche Boxster. Great spring day! My garage work bench is clear again after changing the Cayenne valve cover gaskets and oil in both Porsches.

Thursday, April 13, 2023

It’s hot!

Winter apparently went straight to summer. Almost 90 degrees this afternoon. Short and hot neighborhood ride on the 1998 Porsche Bike S.

Thursday, April 6, 2023

A couple more rides

Got in a couple more short rides over the last two days on the 1998 Porsche Bike S before beginning valve cover gasket replacement work on the 2006 Porsche Cayenne S. This will be my Easter weekend project.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Weather is improving

Another short ride on the 1998 Porsche Bike S ... with a stop for margarita fixings!

My Story

I am a fanatical Porsche enthusiast. I love all things Porsche. This has led me to explore the depths of the automobile brand including some of the least known items the marque is known for. My latest journey - Porsche bicycles!

When I was 13 years old, I fell in love with Porsche cars. Delivering the morning newspaper on my Schwinn ten-speed bike brought me face to bumper with a white 911T each morning and from there I was hooked.

Many years later, I have a garage full of Porsche automobiles and a plethora of Porsche paraphernalia including everything from posters, flags, hats, shirts, sunglasses, scale models, a wristwatch and much more; all of the normal stuff any average PCA member has collected.

Some of my more prized Porsche possessions are my three Porsche bicycles. Yes, three. One is a 100% original 1996 Bike S. The other is a heavily modified 1998 Bike S I use for road and mountain riding. And the latest is a touring-style 2004 Porsche Bike X that I turned into a road bike. I have ridden these three bikes over 5,000 miles in the last few years.

In 2016, I rode many training miles in preparation for a 53-mile ride in the California Sierra foothills, a 72-mile ride around Lake Tahoe and the grand finale ride of 100 miles at the Sacramento Century. The 100 mile ride I believe is a world record on a Porsche Bike S.

Then in July 2017, I completed the 2017 Death Ride with the rebuilt and ultra rare 2004 Porsche Bike X. The Death Ride is an extremely challenging 125-mile, 15,000 foot elevation gain bike ride that crosses five mountain passes in the California Alps near Lake Tahoe. I believe this was the first time a Porsche bicycle completed the Death Ride. Another record.

In the fall of 2020, I rode the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath across three days on the 1998 Bike S. My first multi-day bike riding tour. Another Porsche bike record?

And this blog shared every mile!

2016, 2017 and 2020 were great years of riding. What could possibly follow that?

In 2021, I completed my goal to ride the 360-mile Chesapeake and Ohio and Great Allegheny Passage on the 2004 Bike X. I converted the Bike X back to a hybrid bike for the six-day epic adventure. And in 2022, the Bike X also completed the 237-mile Florida Coast to Coast ride with eight other Porsche Bike riders.

More Porsche Bike adventures are coming up. And just like previous efforts, I plan to share every mile on this blog!

Porsche Bike Adventure