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Thanks everyone. I’ll give it one more shot with the rag and then I’ll try customer support. Appreciate all of the help!

You don't have to inspect each link individually - you can do them all at once by draping the chain over a finger (or similar object) so it bends sharply, then run your finger down the length of the chain. (It helps to have a helper pull the chain to its max extension so you have a long slack secti...

Hey all, I'm not sure if this is just a chain issue so I wanted to ask here. I apologize if this is a rehash. I bought my rower second hand on October 22nd. I've rowed about 1M meters since and have noticed that the tension seems inconsistent when I pull now. It's like there are little jumps or poin...

So boys and girls, one month ago I registered myself in the Concept2 log and with the FF. Also joined a group or 2 on Facebook. Learned a lot from your posts. One month ago I did a 12,5KM with a SPM of 27 and a pace of 2,23. DF, never heard of. Yesterday I did my first HM in 1.29.47 with a SPM of 2...

Welcome Max! Great to have you onboard! Congratulations on hitting 500k already, that is a phenomenal effort! Can't believe you've completed a HM, FM and a 100k! You are showing us all up! :D Thanks Neil. I've been keeping a pretty slow pace, but watching a lot of shows and movies while on the erg ...

Well done on the 7:14 :) as you haven't been targeting it that's an extremely good first go! There will be more to come without even doing any more training as it was your first go. I don't try 2k flat out very often - maybe 3x in the last 18 months? In fact I rarely do anything under 5k. If I have...

I revisit the force curve from time to time but that's all. If I feel my stroke is getting lazy which it is prone to do on long sessions, not that its prob that great anyway(!) then I might cycle through the display and spend a few strokes looking at the shape. Rightly or wrongly I find applying th...

Nice to meet you all - I just joined the team via the CTC thread. My name is Max - I'm pretty new to rowing as any kind of sport (3 weeks in). My only background with it came as a part time crossfitter over the last decade. I'm trying to jump in head first. I bought an erg as part of a get healthy k...

Thanks guys - would love to join!

Hey all - I'm looking for a team to stay competitive in all of these lockdowns. I've been at this for ~3 weeks (when I bought my erg), so I'm hoping I'll be able to ask for some advice along the way. FWIW I'm 32 6'1' (184cm) and 225 lbs (100Kilos) and I average about ~24k/day (470km total). I'm happ...

Hard to say why you would get tired on a low DF. Its probably just getting the technique sorted. A couple of good Concept2 videos on technique, drag and intensity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQ0Mqlk_Lo https://www.concept2.com/indoor-rowers/training/technique-videos/rowing-greater-intensity T...

Just wanted to jump in an say that’s amazing progress. I hope it’s going even better now!

Citroen wrote: ↑

November 10th, 2020, 4:59 pm

You and nearly 7,000,000,000 other folks appear to have the better result. They just need to evict the orange one by Jan 20th.

Haha...exactly this.

Out of interest, what stroke rate are you using for each session? My 12hr challenge was for charity in memory of a very good friend who passed away from diabetes, and it was a lot more manageable than the 100k. I didn't plan my 100k very well at all, but circumstances meant I had to do it on that d...

Welcome and congratulations! How did you manage to row such long distances so soon after getting your erg? :o Most people can't ever do some of those distances. That is quite impressive. David Thanks David. This was more a matter of being stubborn and being ok with being slow than anything else. I ...