Porsche Bike Adventure: June 2018

Saturday, June 30, 2018

New garage

Garage space in Maryland is hard to find. So this tight quarters for my cars is the best I could do. I look forward to painting the walls, cabinets and floors and hanging the Porsche posters.

Friday, June 29, 2018

Cars arrive in Maryland

A little dirty but safe and sound! I’ll wash them both this weekend. The bikes arrive next week.

Monday, June 25, 2018

Vehicle transportation from California

Oh, I'm nervous about this! But the cars need to get to Maryland. So, they're off from Truckee, California!

Thursday, June 21, 2018

A good friend of mine just gave me a complete set of pewter Porsche cars from the 1980s Porsche Monopoly game. This game was a marketing promo produced by Porsche Cars North America. I have long wanted this set and have also long forgotten about it. And today I was surprised!

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Porsche wins!

Porsche just won the GTE Pro and GTE Am classes at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans! The Pink Pig 911 RSR won the GTE Pro with the Rothmans livery car in second and Dempsey took his first team Le Mans win in the Am category.

What a great race!

24 hours is a long time to race and a long time to watch a race. Camped out watching on TV and my computer seems to be my tradition. I love all this live coverage. Now it's time to sleep.

Saturday, June 16, 2018

2018 24 Hours of Le Mans still going...

8 hours to go!

24 Hours of Le Mans

A good start for Porsche to the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. But it's a loooong race. I'm watching on TV and streaming as usual!

Monday, June 11, 2018

Best parking spot ever!

Corner spot and shade!

Sunday, June 10, 2018

70th Anniversary celebration at the National Automobile Museum

Porsche of Reno hosted a free admission day to the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada to celebrate Porsche's 70th anniversary. I drove the Cayenne today and met some Sierra Nevada Region PCA members for a short visit and toured the museum. The museum only has two Porsche cars in it. But one is a 1950 split window 356 Coupe ... a fitting car to see on the 70th anniversary! The other Porsche in the museum is the 935 K3 ... my favorite race car growing up! I also took a couple photos of a 1947 Volkswagen.

Saturday, June 9, 2018

70th celebration at Niello Porsche dealership

Today I attended the 70th anniversary of the first Porsche car at the Niello Porsche dealership in Rocklin, California.

The event was well attended and part of the global party to support and share the anniversary of the first car to bear the Porsche name. I met a few people from the Sacramento Valley Region and Sierra Nevada Region that I know.

The cars on display were incredible. Everything from early 356s to a 918 Spyder were in the dealership parking lot. I saw many 911s, a 912, a couple 914s, a 944, 968, a couple 928s and of course many Macans, Cayennes and Panameras.

It was a great time! Tomorrow is over to Reno for the next stop in the Porsche 70th anniversary tour!

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