Drag factor relative to damper setting

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Drag factor relative to damper setting

Post by hikeplusrow » October 1st, 2023, 12:24 pm

Hi. Has anyone produced a table showing what approximate drag factor a given damper setting creates on brand new RowErgs?

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Re: Drag factor relative to damper setting

Post by jamesg » October 1st, 2023, 12:31 pm

Ranges from 100 to 230. Your PM can show you your current drag factor.
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Re: Drag factor relative to damper setting

Post by JaapvanE » October 1st, 2023, 12:46 pm

jamesg wrote:
October 1st, 2023, 12:31 pm
Ranges from 100 to 230. Your PM can show you your current drag factor.
New RowErg machines range from 70-ish to 225-ish. But it varies quite a bit. I added markers where my most used DF's are, and it does change depending on teperature, humidity, etc.

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Re: Drag factor relative to damper setting

Post by MPx » October 1st, 2023, 1:52 pm

Its non-linear and gets very compressed at the top end. Not much lever movement to go from 190 to 220, lots more lever movement to go from 90 to 120
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Re: Drag factor relative to damper setting

Post by Carl Watts » October 1st, 2023, 4:30 pm

Clean Erg the DF is over 200 on 10.

As you should be using 110-130 DF after a bit of training for anything distance, that's like 6 or less on the damper setting on a clean Erg.
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Re: Drag factor relative to damper setting

Post by hikeplusrow » October 2nd, 2023, 5:06 am

Many thanks for the replies.

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