e-Brake News: 20 years of Porsche bicycle development

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February 16, 2016
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PCA—​While admiring my 20-year-old Porsche mountain bike alongside the brand-new Porsche Bike RX against a backdrop of 911s in the Niello Porsche showroom, a distinguished older gentleman approached me.

“Nice bike,” Richard Niello Sr. said.
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PCA—The 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC) is off and running.  And this sets the stage for the 2016 Porscheplatz season.  PCNA announced that all the remaining IMSA WeatherTech races except long Beach and Watkins Glen will feature a Porscheplatz. The WTSC Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona will continue to be a PCA supported Car Corral.
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PCA—Nearly 30 entries are expected for the inaugural event of the PCA Club Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport Trophy East
series April 1-3 at Road Atlanta, as the new series continues to gain momentum with drivers and teams due to its promise of exciting competition featuring Porsche's latest race car.
 
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PCA—Find out how the new turbocharged 991-2 generation Carreras stack up against their older naturally aspirated brethren in Pete Stout’s “2 is the 1.” An original 1973.5 911T was resuscitated after 33 years in storage in “Resurrection,” by David Mathews. Ted West tags along with Riesentöter Region during its second annual food drive, which raised tons of non-perishable donations, in “Phil-a-Frunk!” Read the unusual story of one man’s 643-mile 1985 944 in “Garnet,” by David Mathews. The 2.7-liter 911s of the mid-seventies aren’t loved by everybody, but this example, profiled in “Reality Persists,” by Ted West, has upwards of 235,000 miles. Ever wonder about a worthy alternative to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart? Ronan McGrath has the answer in “Hamburg Automuseum Prototyp.”
 
Pirelli—Pirelli Tire North America is as excited as PCA to kick off the 2016 PCA Club Racing season, which started with the 48 Hours of Sebring held Feb. 5-7. The tire company has lots in store for club racers this year, which happens to be PCA Club Racing's 25th Anniversary. Follow the link below for a season primer and what to expect from Pirelli's expanded sponsorship with PCA Club Racing.
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Donut Media—The evolution of the Porsche 911 has a rich history filled with innovation and has undergone continuous development, though the basic concept has changed very little since its inception. Ultimately, the 911 was named one of the best cars of the 20th century, standing the test of time and turning heads in the process.
 
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 PCA—Porsche Club of America (PCA) welcomes all Porsche clubs, owners, and enthusiasts to the third annual PCA Werks Reunion to be held Friday, August 19, during the world-famous Monterey Car Week on California s Monterey Peninsula.
 
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Road & Track—Today, the automotive enthusiast press went into a collective tizzy over a press release sent out by the Specialty Equipment Manufacturer's Association. In it, SEMA shed light on a previously unpublicized bit of wording buried within a giant, 629-page proposal drafted by the EPA in July of 2015.
 
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Autoblog—Here's how to wash your car quickly and properly in just 15 minutes, without having to break out the tools and buckets.
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Porsche via YouTube—Do you want to experience an upcoming Porsche model before everyone else can? Patrick Long is looking for tough drivers, who want to take part in a driving challenge with this model. Apply now on www.porsche.com/driving-challenge
 
Jalopnik—I’m glad you asked this question, Ringo, because when people meet me in real life, this is the question they ask me more than any other. What car would you own if you weren’t a crazy automotive writer doing crazy automotive writing about a crazy automotive car? Now Ringo is asking me this question via e-mail, and he’s giving me a $60,000 budget.
 
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Carfection via YouTube—Porsche's gone turbo on the 911, so we thought it was best to have a look to see how much the iconic car has changed with a new, forced induced heart.
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Hemmings—Introduced to the Can-Am series in 1973, the Porsche 917/30 was the ultimate evolution of the storied Porsche 917 model range. With a wind tunnel-tested spyder body and an air-cooled, twin-turbo, flat-12 engine, its acceleration was as impressive as its 240 MPH top speed.
 
The New York Times—A criminal trial in Germany has shed new light on how a billionaire family acquired ultimate power at Volkswagen in the years leading up to the carmaker’s emissions-cheating crisis.
 
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SlashGear—How is it possible for an automaker's best-selling vehicle to be the one that's landed the farthest from the tree in terms of brand identity?
 
Motor Trend—Although prototypes for the all-new Porsche Panamera sedan have been spotted out in the wild, our spy photographer has spotted a test mule for the shooting brake variant. The Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo concept was first seen at the 2012 Paris auto show.
 
Car and Driver—I’m sitting in the passenger seat of an updated 2017 Porsche 911 Turbo S in the pit lane of the reborn old Kyalami race circuit in South Africa. Sitting left seat is Jörg Bergmeister, a Porsche factory race car driver and a man I see with some frequency on Porsche media trips.
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MultiBriefs—Value is always a relative concept. But when it came to the 2016 Porsche Boxster, I decided to run through a pricing exercise to discover if the mid-engine, two-seat roadster is good deal from a historical perspective.
 
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PCA—The PCA Club Racing 2016 West Coast Series starts on the weekend of March 12 at Thunderhill Raceway, followed by the California Festival of Speed April 8-10. Click the link for the full schedule and details.
 
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Road & Track—While horsepower tends to get all the love, torque is the real power number you want to know. Torque equals drivability, but it also equals tire shredding power. Here are nine cars that have gobs of that sweet, sweet torque.
 
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PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the new, volunteer-fueled PCA Media Gruppe? Send us your original PCA or Porsche-related content and we'll consider it for publication. Contact Editor Damon Lowney at damonl@pca.org with submissions and story ideas, and he will help with writing and editing as needed.
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PCA—Save the date for Porsche Parade 2016, and be sure to look out for Phase 2: Event Registration in April.

Due to the high demand for Parade housing all rooms at Jay Peak Resort are currently sold out. For additional housing options please follow this link: Additional Housing Options

To be placed on a waitlist if a room becomes available at Jay Peak Resort please email  porscheparade@conferencedirect.com  with your first and last name, arrival and departure dates and number of guests in your reservation. 
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Porsche of the Week
Photo submitted by Thomas Stuart. Everglades Region. “My car is a Guards Red 2013 Boxster. I have lowered it, powder-coated the calipers in acid green, added Avante Garde Hyper Mesh 20-inch wheels, as well as customized it with a number of other accessories to make it my own.”

Got a stunning shot you want to share? Submit your pictures to potw@pca.org. Be sure to include your contact information, your region name, and a few sentences about your picture.
 
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