Good morning one and all;
to cut a long story short, I am a experienced erg user, but until now that has solely been on the Model D (and C before that) in the gym. However, as of last week I finally took the plunge and bought my own Model D, which so far I am delighted with.
Consequently I have two, somewhat unrelated questions regarding a, my machine, and b, a fundamental rowing question that has been bugging me for a while.
a) When the machine is new, out of the box, is the resistance higher than that of machines that have been 'warn in?' I am sure that the pull back was neevr this difficult! And also, do you have to oil the chain straight away?
b) When people race and set their pb's in terms of races, is the resistance level on 10?
Thanks!
A couple of (sort of) newbie questions!
Hi APM
We had a question on the UK forum recently asking a similar thing which probably provides the information you are looking for.
This is the link...
http://www.concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... =4&t=19810
Hope thats useful.
We had a question on the UK forum recently asking a similar thing which probably provides the information you are looking for.
This is the link...
http://www.concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... =4&t=19810
Hope thats useful.
The chain on my D was good to go out of the box.
I am no expert on drag factor but I do now that it can change a lot based on how clean the flywheel/damper is. A gym erg may have a lot of dust wihich would cause it to have a lower drag factor at the same damper setting. Your new erg will not have that problem.
The best thing to do is check the drag factor every once and a while to make sure it has not drifted from the setting you like.
I am no expert on drag factor but I do now that it can change a lot based on how clean the flywheel/damper is. A gym erg may have a lot of dust wihich would cause it to have a lower drag factor at the same damper setting. Your new erg will not have that problem.
The best thing to do is check the drag factor every once and a while to make sure it has not drifted from the setting you like.
Ray Wright
M-50 5'11" 200lbs.
If one wanted to lay waste to all the energy in the body in the shortest possible time, rowing would be the way to do it. (Kiesling)
M-50 5'11" 200lbs.
If one wanted to lay waste to all the energy in the body in the shortest possible time, rowing would be the way to do it. (Kiesling)
Hi again, and thanks for the link which certainly helps explain a lot. I thought that that was the case, but just wanted to make sure asking those more experienced than myself. And, jsut like cycling, I enjoy churning out power in a difficult gear with low reps!
I don't know, guess it must be me getting weak! I did run a marathon 3 weeks ago and since then have had a lovely, healthy stable diet of cake, beer and junk food, with no exercise!
I don't know, guess it must be me getting weak! I did run a marathon 3 weeks ago and since then have had a lovely, healthy stable diet of cake, beer and junk food, with no exercise!