TimbukTOO Team Room

[damselfly]

Welcome back again, Michelle S! Take your shoes off and stay awhile!! 23 of 61 members (38%) logged 1,251,440 total meters Wednesday!

Milestones achieved:
Bobbie Z hit 1M, Jerry H shot past 900K, Jim K and Mark St annihilated 400K, Dana H surmounted 300K, and Dale C and Ken C advanced past 75K!!

Approaching milestones:
Diane M is striving for 4.3M (-50,000m), Keir P is making strides to reach 1.1M (-23,087m), Michelle S is dashing towards 1M (-154m), Doug G is gaining on 600K (-26,046m), Tammy G is about to tackle 500K (-5,505m), John B is narrowing the gap to 400K (-3,315m), Jamie B is making a run for 150K (-13,866m), and hopefully-guest-less Kristin C is racing towards 100K (-6,732m)

Posted Meters:
Michelle S - 999,846 Back on board!
Diane M - 50,000 Her daily dose of vitamin Erg!
Jerry H - 27,000 Holy moly!
Jim C - 20,000 Ski a little, erg a little...
David W - 18,209 Off the vacation erg and on to the home erg...
Doug G - 13,960 Awesome!
Andy I - 11,000 Racking up some good numbers of late!
John B - 10,320 Back to the ho-hum-hum-drum....
Bobbie Z - 10,000 Vaults effortlessly over the 1 million mark!
Randy F - 10,000 Steady on!
Jim K - 9,310 The streak continues!!
Lee C - 8,014 Two-fer!
Mark St - 8,000 Sweet!
Jay K. - 7,500 Pulling hard!
Jamie B - 7,408 Three-fer!
Kristin C - 6,466 Closed the B&B!
Keir P - 6,400 Making me look bad!
Ken C - 6,000 Solid!
Dale C - 5,007 Back after some erg vacay!
Dana H - 5,000 Nice!
Joe H - 5,000 Looking good!
Tammy G - 4,500 First team row!!
Bobbie K - 2,500 Adding up fast!

[lcantey]

Lee C – 6,824 Missed ya!

Awww, thanks

Had some back spasms that kept me off completely for a bit (first time for that) and my neck flares up if I go too hard so trying to find the right balance.

Lee

[CONLEJM]

Wow! Great rowing Team! I noticed last night, and again this morning, that TimbukTOO is in 5th place! We're a top five team!

[garygOP]

And we are number 2 in meters per member rowed-- over 400K per member!
Awesome work!

[damselfly]

A big TB2 welcome back to returning member Katerina Mack, who hauls aboard over 650k meters! Glad to have you back aboard, Katerina!! With her cargo along, 22 of 62 members (35%) logged 839,772 total meters Thursday!

Milestones achieved:
Michelle S rowed by 1M, Katerina M blew by 600K, and John B drubbed 400K!!

Approaching milestones:
Heather R and Randy F are going all out to reach 900K (-9,000m and -48,903m), Katerina M is narrowing the gap to 700K (-41,998m), J.K. is making strides to reach 600K (-3,549m), Jamie B and Ron M are zipping towards 150K (-8,866m and -22,524m), and Joe H is working towards 100K (-2,000m)

Posted Meters:
Katerina M - 658,002 Welcome aboard!
Heather R - 24,000 Awesome work!
Diana K - 21,097 HM!!
J.K. - 14,100 Nice!!
Michelle S - 12,500 Great!
Joe H - 10,000 Adding up fast!
Randy F - 10,000 Steady on, mate!
Neil Q - 10,000 No man is an island...
Mark St - 8,500 Stellar!
Bobbie Z - 8,000 On to number 2!
Lee C - 7,508 Three-fer!
Jim K - 7,235 Cannot be stopped!
John B - 6,903 Back in the swing of things...
Ron M - 6,833 Nice!
Jay K. - 5,500 Daily dose!
John Sc. - 5,000 Sweet!
Dana H - 5,000 Two-fer!
Jamie B - 5,000 Four in a row!
Andy I - 5,000 Back on dry land...
Glenn Y - 3,516 Nice!
Dale C - 3,078 Two-fer!
Bobbie K - 3,000 Outstanding consistency!

[D6K9Cop]

Is there a way to test your machine to see If are getting the resistance numbers that you should be getting. As an example putting the damper at 4, rowing a short time and expect to the resistance number in a certain range. Also if your fan housing is too close to a wall will it effect the resistance. Just trying to make sure cable is OK as numbers not where they used to be. Could be I'm just getting old, lol.

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A tried and true 21 of 62 members (34%) logged 291,285 total meters Friday!

Milestones achieved:
Diane M flew past 4.3M, and Tammy G shot past 500K!!

Approaching milestones:
Diane M is driving for 4.4M (-50,000m), Jim C and Randy F are racing towards 900K (-32,000m and -38,903m), Katerina M is heading for 700K (-30,998m), Doug G is nearing 600K (-12,865m), Diana K is sneaking up on 450K (-24,522m), Ron M is moving towards 150K (-6,838m), Ulla D is cranking along towards 50K (-6,180m), and Kerim O is on track for 25K (-1,671m)

Posted Meters:
Diane M - 100,000 Awesomeness!
Michelle S - 22,000 BIG!
Jim C - 20,000 Ho hum...
Ron M - 15,686 Impressive, young Jedi!
Doug G - 13,181 Posting some big rows!
John B - 12,763 Making up for lost time, er, meters!
Gary G - 12,686 Yeah, baby!
Katerina M - 11,000 Sa-weet!
Randy F - 10,000 Super!
Neil Q - 10,000 Right on target!
Bobbie Z - 9,040 Nice!
Tammy G - 9,000 All right!
Jerry H - 9,000 Quickie!
Jim K - 8,885 No intra-family...
Jay K. - 6,300 ... competition here...
Ulla D - 5,021 Pulling hard!
Barbara B - 4,595 Adding up!
Diana K - 3,500 No rest after her HM!
Dale C - 3,128 Three-fer!
Kerim O - 3,000 Welcome back!!
Bobbie K - 2,500 Keeping the boys honest!

[CONLEJM]

Is there a way to test your machine to see If are getting the resistance numbers that you should be getting. As an example putting the damper at 4, rowing a short time and expect to the resistance number in a certain range. Also if your fan housing is too close to a wall will it effect the resistance. Just trying to make sure cable is OK as numbers not where they used to be. Could be I'm just getting old, lol.

I don't know the answers to your questions, but I do know that periodically we are supposed to oil the chain, and even take the thing apart and vacuum out the various pieces. I've never taken one apart and vacuumed, but I do oil the chain and it makes a difference.

[D6K9Cop]

Thanks Conleyjm. I do oil the chain on a regular basis and have never been brave enough to venture inside the housing. I do vacum the outside. I got some good info in the C2 forums. Thanks for taking the time.

[damselfly]

Thanks Conleyjm. I do oil the chain on a regular basis and have never been brave enough to venture inside the housing. I do vacum the outside. I got some good info in the C2 forums. Thanks for taking the time.

What info did you get? Maybe you could post a couple of links so interested folks here (like me!) can learn about it too?

I do oil my chain regularly but have never vacuumed or opened the flywheel housing. There be dragons! Or dust bunnies, maybe...

[johnb]

I think you guys all know more about the rower than I do, but isn't drag factor the real way to get resistance based at different damper settings and it varies based upon the state of the machine and varies slightly from machine to machine. So, on one machine at a damper setting of 6 you might have a drag factor of 110 (roughly equal to water resistance) and on another machine you may need to set the damper slightly higher to achieve the same drag factor, say six and a half. Tell me if I am stating the obvious here or if I am off/ontarget in terms of the resistance question. Not owning a rowing machine, I having been wanting to ask my gym if I could maintain their rowers, the fly wheels get dusty and I can tell it affects the drag factor.

[D6K9Cop]

Lisa and all this was the best response I got as I too was apprehensive about venturing into the housing.

The fan housing needs a cleanout with a brush and vac cleaner now and again and dust removed from the leading edge of the fan blades. I also remove the flywheel as it makes it easier to clean and also add just a spot of grease to the one way clutch bearing in the flywheel. Oil the chain and also I oil the two small chain rollers inside the machine or eventually they start to squeak and eventually cease up and then the chain cuts them in half. Keep the slide and rollers clean with a damp clth and thats about it. The elastic bunge cord lasts about 10 years at least and it helps to leave the handle against the cage and not in the handle holder and you get up to 15 years out of it.

[D6K9Cop]

I had several threads going and was concerned that maybe my machine was wearing out. Another individual told me a good way to check your machine is to set the damper at 10 and row. If you get a DF of around 200 your machine is fine.

I will be trying this along with trying to just vacuum the machine from the outside and maybe oil more often as I have been oiling every million meters. Actually going inside the housing will depend on my results. Hope this info has been helpful.

Row Strong, Row Hard.

[D6K9Cop]

Sorry one more thing, this link from C2 shows you how to vacuum the screen without completely taking the housing apart. http://www.concept2.com/service/indoor- ... aintenance

[CONLEJM]

I think you guys all know more about the rower than I do, but isn't drag factor the real way to get resistance based at different damper settings and it varies based upon the state of the machine and varies slightly from machine to machine. So, on one machine at a damper setting of 6 you might have a drag factor of 110 (roughly equal to water resistance) and on another machine you may need to set the damper slightly higher to achieve the same drag factor, say six and a half. Tell me if I am stating the obvious here or if I am off/ontarget in terms of the resistance question. Not owning a rowing machine, I having been wanting to ask my gym if I could maintain their rowers, the fly wheels get dusty and I can tell it affects the drag factor.

Hi John, this is how I understand it as well. I also notice that drag factor will differ slightly on the same machine daily, same setting every day, depending on the humidity level in the room. Just by a few points.

Maybe you can show the gym attendants the C2 website, and the sections dealing with maintenance. Maintaining the equipment is something they should be doing. Plus, taking these apart to clean is a big project and I would personally be afraid of screwing up!