Discussion On Adjustments ...

[[old] Byron Drachman]

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->If so, I think it is _very_ odd that the erg has not been made (1) with a built-in personal weight adjustment and (2) with a calibration for pace and distance travelled to a 1x rather than a bigger boat. </td></tr></table> <br /><br />Hi Rich,<br /><br />It appears that the RowPerfect does that. From their website:<br /><br /><!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Using the Rowperfect interface, in addition to the standard information, such as time, stroke rate, power and energy dissipated, Rowperfect shows the estimated 500-metre time, corrected for body weight and class of boat. Therefore in comparing results, it does not automatically favour the slow heavyweight at the expense of the more agile lightweight, and thus is a better tool to select the real boat movers. Tests for the single scull mode with top class female and male rowers, ranging in weight from 59 to 95 kgs, have shown that the times calculated by Rowperfect over a 2000 metre course are generally within a margin of a couple of seconds of the actual times rowed in the boat under ideal conditions with near to perfect technique.<br /><br />For rowers whose blade technique is less than optimal, the time is an excellent goal—it represents what they are capable of doing if their bladework was perfect. This provides extra motivation to get in the boat and do it better! </td></tr></table> <br /><br />The last two sentences point out that a use of their weight and boat adjustment factor can tell you something about your on-the-water technique. That's a very nice use of that adjustment factor.<br /><br />Byron