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by PaulH
May 25th, 2025, 4:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: Quick Links on the Forum
Replies: 17
Views: 8272

Re: Quick Links on the Forum

It has been reported to Concept2. They haven't done anything yet. I'm confused by the org structure of this board. Is it hosted but not run by C2? C2 host it (or technically I guess pay for a company to host it), and obviously their staff have admin rights within phpBB. Day-to-day it's run by Citro...
by PaulH
December 8th, 2023, 7:19 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Older ergers
Replies: 76
Views: 42402

Re: Older ergers

Sorry folks, the bug in the forum bit again. Hopefully this time the ban works, and we can quietly look forward to Ranger's triumphant return in March.
by PaulH
December 3rd, 2023, 1:41 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Older ergers
Replies: 76
Views: 42402

Re: Older ergers

Thank you all for your feedback on this thread and others. I don't know why ranger has been posting - the forum software thinks he is still banned, but clearly he's back. The original founder of this forum was not a fan of censorship, so perhaps his spirit has lifted the ban (he's not dead, just no ...
by PaulH
January 23rd, 2023, 5:13 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Your help please
Replies: 26
Views: 4637

Re: Your help please

Further to Sackly's point, aim to spend twice as long on the recover as the drive (rather than the ~1:1 ration you currently have). Keeping that sort of ratio (or even 3:1 - not realistic for a race, but perfectly reasonable for practice and training) while keeping a rating around 18-24 will enforce...
by PaulH
September 2nd, 2022, 4:15 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Newbie technique video
Replies: 4
Views: 1741

Re: Newbie technique video

It's easier to assess form if the video is taken from the side, but it looks like your sequencing is wrong. You're aiming for legs-back-arms on the drive, and while some blurring of the lines is fine, you appear to be doing back-legs-arms.
by PaulH
March 14th, 2022, 2:24 am
Forum: Training
Topic: SPM question
Replies: 11
Views: 4555

Re: SPM question

Almost certainly this is because your stroke is wrong - to be moving up and down that quickly, while producing that little speed, means you're not properly driving with your legs. There's lots of advice on here and on the C2 website about the proper stroke, but for you the basic is lower your SPM an...
by PaulH
March 6th, 2022, 4:00 am
Forum: Forum use, comments and suggestions
Topic: Use of URL shorteners
Replies: 1
Views: 11984

Use of URL shorteners

An awful lot of the spam we get on the board makes use of url shorteners such as bitly and shrinkme. As well as being unfriendly for your reader, your post (and even your account) is much more likely to be deleted as spam if you use such services. So don't!
by PaulH
May 15th, 2020, 10:45 am
Forum: Training
Topic: PM5 going to 'sleep' in rest periods?
Replies: 3
Views: 2953

Re: PM5 going to 'sleep' in rest periods?

I've never timed a break (and it's many years since I rowed far enough to need one!), but when I did I had time to run upstairs to the bathroom, deal with the necessary, pour a glass of OJ and head back down to the erg before it timing out. So maybe brief the missus on what to do if you get locked i...
by PaulH
May 24th, 2019, 6:08 am
Forum: Forum use, comments and suggestions
Topic: URLs in signature / forum - have stopped working
Replies: 9
Views: 20040

Re: URLs in signature / forum - have stopped working

Should be fixed now - you may need to go into your profile and click submit to make it refresh (and while you're there check that 'Disable BBCode' is unchecked).
by PaulH
May 21st, 2019, 1:34 am
Forum: Forum use, comments and suggestions
Topic: URLs in signature / forum - have stopped working
Replies: 9
Views: 20040

Re: URLs in signature / forum - have stopped working

Very odd - nothing has changed in the settings since a database upgrade a week ago. I've re-saved the appropriate settings in case that helps, but it appears not. I'll pass this up the chain.
by PaulH
September 4th, 2018, 3:55 pm
Forum: Forum use, comments and suggestions
Topic: Link to logbook in signature - doesn't work
Replies: 8
Views: 20717

Re: Link to logbook in signature - doesn't work

John - My guess is that you had the 'disable BBCode' box checked, which would stop it from working. Anyway, it looks like it's working now
by PaulH
July 15th, 2017, 4:10 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Shawn Baker training
Replies: 65
Views: 33232

Re: Shawn Baker training

I've received Paul45's request, and will comply after a cooling off period.

Simple bolt-ons are rarely as simple as you might expect. It's not in my power to add such things, and I wouldn't expect to see them I'm afraid.
by PaulH
May 8th, 2017, 9:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: IP blocked error
Replies: 3
Views: 4646

Re: IP blocked error

More of an admin error I'm afraid! We get a quite astonishing amount of spam, and one of the techniques used to stop it is blocking IP addresses that are used to sign up spammy users. Unfortunately one of the addresses blocked this morning appears to be critical to the ongoing operation of the forum...
by PaulH
April 24th, 2017, 9:10 am
Forum: Competition
Topic: www.nonathlon.com down
Replies: 6
Views: 7295

Re: www.nonathlon.com down

Don't panic everyone, just a small technical oversight! Cran is on the case, and normal service should resume shortly...
by PaulH
April 16th, 2017, 3:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hello to all!!
Replies: 12
Views: 11125

Re: Hello to all!!

To explain Citroen's comment a little - we get a huge amount of spam attempts on the forum. While we rarely get Italian spam we get it in foreign languages we don't speak often enough that we'll almost certainly delete it without knowing whether it's real or not. So while it would be lovely to have ...