Concept2 Forum

Hi everyone, new guy here, I have a question, my gym has a newer model C from I believe 2002-2003 which I use, I'm looking to buy a used model C for home use and someone is offering to sell me one which appears to be a few years older, probably made sometime in the 90s. The one at the gym has a green and orange C2 logo and this one has a black and white logo plus it says under the logo the complete exercise. Just wondering if there are any other differences or upgrades between an older or newer model C besides the logo, such as the construction, parts or feel etc. that would make one preferable over the other in your opinion, or are they basically the same. Thanks for your help.

<!--QuoteBegin-erger79+Jan 25 2006, 06:10 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(erger79 @ Jan 25 2006, 06:10 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi everyone, new guy here, I have a question, my gym has a newer model C from I believe 2002-2003 which I use, I'm looking to buy a used model C for home use and someone is offering to sell me one which appears to be a few years older, probably made sometime in the 90s. The one at the gym has a green and orange C2 logo and this one has a black and white logo plus it says under the logo the complete exercise. Just wondering if there are any other differences or upgrades between an older or newer model C besides the logo, such as the construction, parts or feel etc. that would make one preferable over the other in your opinion, or are they basically the same. Thanks for your help. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />As long as the one you are looking to buy has a PM2 (or PM2+) there will be no functional difference. The Very Early Mod C's still used the PM1, but of course now you could upgrade to teh PM3 if you wanted to. (Or ErgMonitor)

<!--QuoteBegin-erger79+Jan 26 2006, 02:10 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(erger79 @ Jan 26 2006, 02:10 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi everyone, new guy here, I have a question, my gym has a newer model C from I believe 2002-2003 which I use, I'm looking to buy a used model C for home use and someone is offering to sell me one which appears to be a few years older, probably made sometime in the 90s. The one at the gym has a green and orange C2 logo and this one has a black and white logo plus it says under the logo the complete exercise. Just wondering if there are any other differences or upgrades between an older or newer model C besides the logo, such as the construction, parts or feel etc. that would make one preferable over the other in your opinion, or are they basically the same. Thanks for your help. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />There were only minor changes made over the course of the Model C- The PM1-2 switch was the only major one I can think of at the moment, and that was very early on.......JonW at C2

There were only minor changes made over the course of the Model C- The PM1-2 switch was the only major one I can think of at the moment, and that was very early on.......JonW at C2 <br />[/quote]<br /><br />Didn't the really early ones not have the locking wheel between the monorail and fan portion of the erg?<br />

[quote=akit110,Jan 27 2006, 02:42 AM]<br />There were only minor changes made over the course of the Model C- The PM1-2 switch was the only major one I can think of at the moment, and that was very early on.......JonW at C2 <br />[/quote]<br /><br />Didn't the really early ones not have the locking wheel between the monorail and fan portion of the erg? <br />[/quote]<br /> That's right- the first Cs utilized a pin through the foot stretchers and monorail (the hole in the footstretchers is still there). This worked fine for securing the two ends and wheeling them around, but believe it or not there are some people who row in such a way that there is a significant lifting force generated at the footplates during the finish. This resulted in bent pins, and a search for a better method. For 99% of the population, this is probably not an issue. JonW

I've got an old, old C, bought in '94. PM1, locking pin. Other than the PM1 (which I upgraded a couple years ago), I've found no appreciable difference between my erg and newer Cs I've used in clubs. I doubt I'll ever trade up — it'd take a <i>lot</i> of technological advances to offset the Model D color scheme, bleh.