The Rower Is Moving...

[old] cjSloane · Post by **[old] cjSloane** » October 29th, 2004, 1:10 pm

about a week till I hit the half million mark... I've finally got my husband to start rowing and whenever he does the erg starts creeping across the room. Is there anyway to prevent this? cj

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » October 29th, 2004, 1:19 pm

cj, You can try and set the back of the slide up against a wall. You'll need a small piece of wood (I use a 2x6 (about 8 inches in length)) to place in between the end of the slide and the wall. That way you'll have enough room for a slight layback. FYI - You might also want to put an old towel in between the wood and the wall so you don't damage your baseboards. Dwayne

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » October 29th, 2004, 1:21 pm

cj, You can try and set the back of the slide up against a wall. You'll need a small piece of wood (I use a 2x6 (about 8 inches in length)) to place in between the end of the slide and the wall. That way you'll have enough room for a slight layback. FYI - You might also want to put an old towel in between the wood and the wall so you don't damage your baseboards. Dwayne P.S. The reason he's moving the erg the way he is, is probably caused by him putting massive check in his stroke. It will also help for him to modify his technique a bit.

[old] PaulS · Post by **[old] PaulS** » October 29th, 2004, 1:33 pm

Which direction is he going? Dwaynes solution may work for either, but the causes are very different. Moving in the direction that would be behind the person on the machine can only be caused by two equally bad things. 1) Yanking it there at the finish 2) Yanking it there at the begining of the recovery Moving the other direction can be caused by 2 bad things and one good thing. 1) Rushing up the slide and slamming onto the footplates. 2) Shoving the machine away, without catching the flywheel (bum shoving) The good thing: 1) There is a small amount of time which it will take to catch the flywheel, and the machine will be driven backward on low friction surfaces a small amount each stroke as that happens Sometimes reversing the feet of the Erg so that the smooth side is down will fix this, or a pad of some higher friction material (rubber) can be placed under the Erg feet. Or, you could just get a pair of slides and it should contain all the movement involved. - Paul Smith

[old] KMurphy · Post by **[old] KMurphy** » October 29th, 2004, 3:22 pm

I'm sure most of you already know this (and its a tad off topic), but as an FYI just in case ... I'm 6'5" and was worried that the C2 slide would be a little short based on the guidlines C2 provided. So they sold me a variant model of the C2 with and extra long slide. So I still have several inches of travel in the slide I'm not using. So if the back of the rower was up against the wall I'm not sure I would need a spacer to provide the required lean back room even at my size. KMurphy

[old] Vapor Trails · Post by **[old] Vapor Trails** » October 30th, 2004, 2:44 pm

A cheap and easy way to solve the erg moving is to wrap duck tape around each of the feet. Wrap it around a couple times before twisting the tape around so the sticky side is on the outside. This will help the erg grip on the floor. This method is used at a number of erg races to very good effect.

[old] John Rupp · Post by **[old] John Rupp** » November 1st, 2004, 4:20 am

I have a very smooth garage floor and the duct tape method (above) works very well.

[old] cjSloane · Post by **[old] cjSloane** » November 2nd, 2004, 12:12 am

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (PaulS @ Oct 29 2004, 12:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Which direction is he going? Dwaynes solution may work for either, but the causes are very different. Moving in the direction that would be behind the person on the machine can only be caused by two equally bad things. 1) Yanking it there at the finish 2) Yanking it there at the begining of the recovery Moving the other direction can be caused by 2 bad things and one good thing. 1) Rushing up the slide and slamming onto the footplates. 2) Shoving the machine away, without catching the flywheel (bum shoving) The good thing: 1) There is a small amount of time which it will take to catch the flywheel, and the machine will be driven backward on low friction surfaces a small amount each stroke as that happens Sometimes reversing the feet of the Erg so that the smooth side is down will fix this, or a pad of some higher friction material (rubber) can be placed under the Erg feet. Or, you could just get a pair of slides and it should contain all the movement involved. - Paul Smith </td></tr></table> He is moving forward. We'll try the duct tape (what guy could resist that fix?) ...and work on the technique.

[old] Birdi · Post by **[old] Birdi** » November 2nd, 2004, 12:25 am

Depending on what type of floor you have, maybe dont wanna get tape goo on it, the material used to keep throw rugs in place works also, it's kinda rubbery, saw it used on tile floor.

[old] PaulS · Post by **[old] PaulS** » November 2nd, 2004, 12:46 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Birdi @ Nov 2 2004, 04:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Depending on what type of floor you have, maybe dont wanna get tape goo on it, the material used to keep throw rugs in place works also, it's kinda rubbery, saw it used on tile floor.  </td></tr></table> To make this a bit more "guy friendly", it's the same stuff that you line your toolbox drawers with to keep the wrenches from sliding around. Not quite as Red Green as Duct Tape, but Birdi does have a good point regarding the Goo... - Paul Smith

[old] Birdi · Post by **[old] Birdi** » November 2nd, 2004, 2:54 pm

Yeah, woops! Toolboxes, heehee Another problem with goo....it picks up other crappy stuff, fuzz, doghair..... whatever

[old] Atorrante · Post by **[old] Atorrante** » November 23rd, 2004, 10:57 pm

In my case the erg. stay in place if row with the air conditioning. If I don't use the air conditioning after 4K of rowing my sweat float the erg. and it feels like using a pair of slides.

[old] cityeast · Post by **[old] cityeast** » December 14th, 2004, 11:48 am

I had a similar problem on a laminate floor. I simply put 2 medium sized clear-rubber furniture pads (those round self-adhesive type) under the feet at the back. Problem solved.

[old] John Rupp · Post by **[old] John Rupp** » December 14th, 2004, 6:36 pm

A couple of years ago I used a 2x4 between the feet of the model B and the wall, which worked ok for awhile, then the torque on the footing broke the U bolt in the railing. So I would not recommend using that method. The tape or other sticky material works very well though.

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