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by borgnes
January 20th, 2021, 10:36 am
Forum: Concept2 BikeErg
Topic: rockers for bike erg base
Replies: 5
Views: 9112

Re: rockers for bike erg base

My homemade rockers were ok but not perfect and I only ended up using them for a few weeks. I used ideas from the facebook group "rocker plates" - lots of different design ideas on there. My guess is that the Concept bike erg is too heavy to work well perched up on top of rockers. In any case, I'm n...
by borgnes
December 25th, 2018, 8:15 pm
Forum: Concept2 BikeErg
Topic: Considering a Bikeerg - Questions
Replies: 12
Views: 13406

Re: Considering a Bikeerg - Questions

I got a bike erg in April and now have 2600 "Zwift miles" on it - which works out to be 130 hrs or so. I'm a middle age male, raced mtb and road in the 80's and 90's and then changed over to another sport for the past 15 yrs. I've spent countless hours in winter and late at night on the old turbo tr...
by borgnes
November 28th, 2018, 10:46 pm
Forum: Concept2 BikeErg
Topic: rockers for bike erg base
Replies: 5
Views: 9112

Re: rockers for bike erg base

FWIW, I made up some rockers out of closed cell foam first and out of wood later and attached them to the bike erg. While seated and pedaling, it's definitely much better because it varies the pressure points on your seat while pedaling and it just feels more comfortable and realistic. While standin...
by borgnes
June 2nd, 2018, 5:35 pm
Forum: Concept2 BikeErg
Topic: rockers for bike erg base
Replies: 5
Views: 9112

rockers for bike erg base

Has anyone come up with a simple and solid "rocker plate" design for the Concept bike erg? It seems like it should be easier to make something for this erg than for a regular bike on a smart trainer. I suppose that the easiest thing would be for Concept2 to design and sell rockers for the base of th...