chain noise from Model D?

[larkl]

Does a model D make chain noise if it's well oiled? A little?
I tried a model D at a gym and it was making a lot of chain noise.

Laura

[Citroen]

The only noise I get from a model D is the rather pleasing whooooooosh of the fan.

[larkl]

I just got done renting a car and I tried two Model D's. Both were making chain noise - noise coming from inside the chain housing.
One of the Model D's was in a store. It was very quiet, I was the only person there. The chain noise was quite loud. That was a brand new Model D, the salesman took off some plastic before I tried it.
Does the Model D need some lubing when it's brand new - do you have to do something to it to eliminate the chain noise?
The other Model D I tried was in a health club. There was a lot more noise there. I could hear plenty of chain noise when I rowed, but it's hard to tell how loud it was compared to the fan, because of the noise from people using ellipticals, etc.
My long term pace for rowing is about 2:15 or 2:20. It might not make much noise if people are rowing a lot slower. The staff at the health club tried rowing it a little, and I couldn't hear chain noise over the noise from the ellipticals nearby, but they were going like 2:35 or so.
I don't understand the discrepancy between what people here have told me and the Model D's I've tried.
I don't mind the fan noise at all, it isn't very loud and it's not an annoying kind of noise. But the noise from the chain is annoying.
Laura

[Citroen]

You must be raising and dropping your hands too much.

Have a look at how Tom Kay rows http://www.concept2.co.uk/training/technique.php

http://www.concept2.co.uk/company/video ... =technique

[johnlvs2run]

Does a model D make chain noise if it's well oiled? A little?

Yes, though not as much as the C.

My model B that had the most quiet chain movement of the three.
I was surprised, upon getting a model C, how rackety was it's chain.

Overall though, the D is the most quiet of the three.

[Tinpusher]

When I received my D almost 2 years ago it made a noise like a playing card in the spokes of a bike wheel. I opened the fan casing and a piece of polystyrene (styrofoam) fell out!
I can't hear any chain noise, just the noise of the fan.

Dave