Concept2 Forum

The drag factor is irrelevant to how far you travel. That is entirely based upon pace. Pace is a function of how fast the flywheel decelerates. So the higher the drag factor, the more effort you have to put in to make it decelerate slower. It's all about how much power you put into the stroke, not ...

my apologies to everyone I'm new to this board, I just noticed that I'm in Training
sorry for posting to the wrong Board
thanks
Paolo

my apologies to everyone I'm new to this board, I just noticed I'm in training
sorry for posting to the wrong place

Thanks
Paolo

OK so on my bike....in a high gear ratio lets say 400" of travel..... so for one revolution of the pedal I will travel 400" regardless of how hard I push the pedal or how fast I push the pedal I still only travel 400". If I use a lower gear ratio say 200" again one revalution of the pedal only yeild...

thanks to everyone for your comments but the Question still is not answered so if you don't mind I will try again .................this is not a training question................ OK so on my bike....in a high gear ratio lets say 400" of travel..... so for one revolution of the pedal I will travel 40...

Thanks Nav for your reply, ..first let me say that I have been training in the conventional way DG of 3 or 4. I still do not have a definitive answer so I will try to rephrase the question. I am a former cyclist and when I trained and competed I would always push a much heavier gear than my team mat...

hjs.... yes I understand that the split, is the split, is the split, again going back to the gear analogy, if I have the same number of pulls do I go further at a higher setting. As Carl said the old ergs had a sprocket so you could set it to 21 teeth (easier less distance per pull) set it to 12 tee...

Can anyone answer a question about the drag factor? If all other things being equal i.e. stroke rate, split time will I go further with a higher setting. At the C2 web site they say that it is like the gears on a bike.... but the higher the gear ratio the harder it is to push and the further you go....