Floating erg??

No, ergs don't yet float, but some of us do, and here's where you get to discuss that other form of rowing.
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Bob S.
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Floating erg??

Post by Bob S. » April 8th, 2008, 10:47 pm

Has any seen or tried one of these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-WAoRk ... re=related

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Re: Floating erg??

Post by Byron Drachman » April 10th, 2008, 2:14 pm

Bob S. wrote:Has any seen or tried one of these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-WAoRk ... re=related

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Hi Bob,

It looks like great fun. When I was a youngster I had a friend who had a (land) scooter which had you rocking back and forth to propel the scooter down the road. If I remember right it had an off-center rear wheel. It was hideously inefficient but a hoot to ride.

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Post by bw1099 » May 15th, 2008, 9:18 pm

Seems more like a floating pogo stick than a floating erg.

I am not quite sure why the thing works. Any physicists out there who understands it?
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