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- May 15th, 2024, 8:19 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Model D - too much resistance?
- Replies: 10
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Re: Model D - too much resistance?
Tsnor, then you again for your helpful suggestions. I took the chain off the idler pulley, and the pulley spun around freely, no problem at all. Thus I've not been able to identify any extra source of resistance, nor the source of the clicking. Perhaps the rowing machines are just not suitable for m...
- May 11th, 2024, 6:07 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Model D - too much resistance?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5018
Re: Model D - too much resistance?
I measured the shock cord half way through the stroke distance with a kit-chen scale just now.
The result was about 6 pounds of force, which compares to about 2 pounds of force for previous results reported on here.
The result was about 6 pounds of force, which compares to about 2 pounds of force for previous results reported on here.
- May 8th, 2024, 6:35 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Model D - too much resistance?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5018
Re: Model D - too much resistance?
I finally took the erg apart again and looked inside the housing this morning. The axle looks quite clean and shows no evidence of corrosion, so I presume it is fine. It was hard to tell, but the shock cords both appear to be moving as they should. The shock cord on the left front / upside down is s...
- May 8th, 2024, 5:59 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Vertical Hands Rowing Bar
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20011
Re: Vertical Hands Rowing Bar
Faced with the deficiencies of the C2 stock handle we both independently came up with the same solution, unaware of the other's work. It's kind of like when Isaac Newton in England, and Gottfried Leibniz in Germany, independently developed the calculus in the 17th century, don't you think? Necessit...
- May 8th, 2024, 9:45 am
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: My splits are higher than they should be
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2376
Re: My splits are higher than they should be
The 2015 model D that I got last August also has greater resistance (and noise) than normal,doggsaregood wrote: ↑May 7th, 2024, 7:37 pmI think the issue is in the chain area because it doesn’t feel that smooth when i pull.
that's coming from the sprockets and chain. The sprockets especially are quite loud on the drive.
- May 4th, 2024, 12:17 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Vertical Hands Rowing Bar
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20011
Re: Vertical Hands Rowing Bar
Slidewinder, thanks for your comments on my handle design. Here's the handle development thread , along with a photo below of a previous rendition. I've not located the nylon rope, so am planning to get a longer one, since there's plenty of space to the cage. Another big advantage of this design (on...
- May 3rd, 2024, 11:18 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Model D - too much resistance?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5018
Re: Model D - too much resistance?
Look at any of the youtube videos for replacing chain on model D. They will show splitting the unit and then removing/installing this cover. Follow those steps to see what your chain is hitting. If its not your plastic cover hitting the chain then it will be something that fell inside the chain pat...
- May 3rd, 2024, 10:12 am
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Model D - too much resistance?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5018
- May 2nd, 2024, 9:03 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Model D - too much resistance?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5018
Re: Model D - too much resistance?
The machine is clean and well taken care of.
The drag factor range is 80 to 220 and I'm using 130 (position #5).
This range compares well to the rowing machines that I've used in the past.
The drag factor range is 80 to 220 and I'm using 130 (position #5).
This range compares well to the rowing machines that I've used in the past.
- May 2nd, 2024, 7:09 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Model D - too much resistance?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5018
Model D - too much resistance?
I got a slightly used 2015 Model D last August, used it for a few months, then gave up and was planning to sell it but have been giving it another chance this past month. The issue is that it seems to have too much resistance, & slower paces, compared to my previous use of model BCD rowing machines,...
- April 23rd, 2024, 11:15 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Vertical Hands Rowing Bar
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20011
Re: Vertical Hands Rowing Bar
As far as foot spread and angle, I think that (for me), even if I didn't have a big belly, it makes more anatomical/mechanical sense to have the feet more toward shoulder width, or at least pelvis width apart, with a little foot outward splay. (look at the dead-lift lifting form, feet spread to pel...
- April 21st, 2024, 6:56 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Vertical Hands Rowing Bar
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20011
- January 5th, 2024, 6:27 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Lactate Threshold Training
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24707
- January 2nd, 2024, 10:56 pm
- Forum: Ergdata, Online Racing, Rowpro & RowIt
- Topic: Ergdata recovery meters
- Replies: 0
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Ergdata recovery meters
Ergdata does record recovery meters in the logbook. The recovery meters don't show up in the left hand column, but they do show up when clicking on "active" in the right hand column, and they are included in the overall total meters. If anyone is adding recovery meters again manually, they are mista...
- December 28th, 2023, 6:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Duracell D size batteries are no longer any good.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 66541
Re: Duracell D size batteries are no longer any good.
I've been using Rayovac. That's what the originals were. They lasted a long time and had a lower price than the others. They were less than $4 for 4 of them a few years ago at Walmart, and now they are $7 for 4 of them. I wonder if checking the compartment every month or so would be helpful to make ...