Having Issues with my Concept2 Seat and Monorail

[Ombrax]

Folks, let's just come right out and say it: If you have proper technique and as long as you aren't rowing in zero-G conditions, you should be able to do the vast majority, if not all of your training with no lower rollers at all, and if you can't, the problem is likely to be with you, not the erg. If you're rowing like a madman/woman, i.e. sprinting, racing or going for a PB, then yes, some degradation of form is to be expected and things might get a bit bumpy, but even then, it behooves you to refine your technique - the smoother you are the more efficient you will be, and therefore the less energy you'll waste.

(this assumes that your upper rollers are clean, round and properly attached to the seat and your rail is flat)

[jackarabit]

I agree Cowboy. Any difference in the action, timing, speed, force, or sum of vectors of one leg drive cf. to the other tends to weight one hip and unweight the other such that the seat rocks over until stopped by the opp side bottom roller. I still do this occasionally. Oddly it doesn’t correlate with fatigue in my case. Some days the mechanics of the stroke just aren’t right— usually when warmup is slighted.