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YOUR RESEARCHDe-porking my Cayman
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Test driver's weight - only fair ;-)
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How about the car magazines - they should publish not only 0-60 but include the test driver's weight - only fair ;-)
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The thing that makes a bicycle so expensive is the reduction of the weight of the bicycle through the use of rare, expensive metals and composites which are so light that you must attach weights to them when not in use so that they won't float away
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The thing that makes a bicycle so expensive is the reduction of the weight of the bicycle through the use of rare, expensive metals and composites which are so light that you must attach weights to them when not in use so that they won't float away
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The thing that makes a bicycle so expensive is the reduction of the weight of the bicycle through the use of rare, expensive metals and composites which are so light that you must attach weights to them when not in use so that they won't float away
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The thing that makes a bicycle so expensive is the reduction of the weight of the bicycle through the use of rare, expensive metals and composites which are so light that you must attach weights to them when not in use so that they won't float away
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I am working on eliminating 40-50 pounds from the gross weight of my Cayman on the track. I am doing this by cutting out fast food and moderate excercise. I will have the butt-dyno tests and measurements as they develop. So far 10 pounds and a noticeable improvement in performance.
Excellent idea, DaveN007! I have been doing just the same. Reminds me of an analogy in cycling which, along with light weight training is the method I use to "de-pork" myself. You can purchase state of the art bicycles made of "unobtanium" for as much as $10,000 and more. Yes, that is a correct figure. The thing that makes a bicycle so expensive is the reduction of the weight of the bicycle through the use of rare, expensive metals and composites which are so light that you must attach weights to them when not in use so that they won't float away
. There are lots of folks out there (me included) who are willing to spend a small fortune to buy a 15 pound bicycle (when a 17 or 18 pound bike costing much, much less would do) when it would be so much easier and make so much more sense to shed 5-10 pounds off our porkified bodies. Good luck to you, DaveN007. You have the right idea, not to mention healthier idea. And, I believe you may have just coined a new term, "de-pork!
I heard on one of the SPEED channel race broadcasts that 100#s is equivalent to 10 bhp. (i.e., the 100# weight penalty added to the GT3 Cup cars). With that as the measure, I've gained 4 hp since January.
The hp gain depends entirely on the weight to power ratio of the car. A car, such as the Cayman S, at 10 lbs/hp will, in fact, save you 1 hp for each 10 lb weight reduction. It is even more impressive with a F-1 car with a weight to power ratio of 1.73 lbs/hp. You gain 1 hp for each 1.73 pound reduction, or 58 hp for every 100 lb reduction. Why do you think F-1 drivers are so hot to burn off 60 litres of fuel before their final qualifying lap in Q3? BTW, F-1 drivers are tiny.
Or consider the magazines themselves!
I've usually got 1 or 2 back issues of GT Porsche or Excellence or Panorama - they weigh a ton in my briefcase...
==RedEye
I've always had a sturdier build, but as I get older it looks less sturdy and more taxed. Recently, my wife and I started Nutrisystem. In less than a month I have lost 14 pounds. My weight gain hasn't been percipitous over the years, so I never was too worried about it. A friends wife pointed out a frightening fact to me. Even if I only gain 1 pound a year, I'll be up sh1t's creek when I'm 65. If I get down to 200 ( a loss of 27 lbs.) I'll be lighter than I was in college. What Nutrisystem taught me is that I eat too much. My wife and I used to order a medium pizza and proceed to eat the whole thing; not a good plan. If we took a particularly long mountain bike ride, we would reward ourselves with a large dinner out with 3 or 4 beers. The bottom line: My 40 something body can't process the calories the same way my 20 something body did.
Good luck to everyone in their battle against the bulge.
I'm also trying to de-pork. I don't think anyone would describe as very overweight in the first place, but getting fat starts at one step, and I think I'm there. I'm about 15-20 pounds over where I've been historically.
I'm trying to choose the healthier alternative when I can diet-wise (tough, since I'm a picky eater), but my main attack plan was to be exercise. However, the constant rain in Texas is not helping here.
I went through the same decision process when I started mountain biking. I live in the Ozark Mountains, and wasn't able to drag my butt up the hills.
I did an analysis of the prices of various components, and figured out that it costs about $2.00 per gram, on the average, to lighten a bike. That is, if you compare two components, the lighter one will be more expensive by about 2 bucks for every gram you save.
So my choice was to take a kilo off the bike for about $4000, or skip a coupla lunches and take it off myself. Tough choice.... I went from 214 to 194, by the way, so that's what, about $17000 that I saved myself. :banana:
Good luck, DaveN007! Keep up the progress.
