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Tsnor, then you again for your helpful suggestions. I took the chain off the idler pulley, and the pulley spun around freely, no problem at all. Thus I've not been able to identify any extra source of resistance, nor the source of the clicking. Perhaps the rowing machines are just not suitable for m...

I measured the shock cord half way through the stroke distance with a kit-chen scale just now.
The result was about 6 pounds of force, which compares to about 2 pounds of force for previous results reported on here.

I finally took the erg apart again and looked inside the housing this morning. The axle looks quite clean and shows no evidence of corrosion, so I presume it is fine. It was hard to tell, but the shock cords both appear to be moving as they should. The shock cord on the left front / upside down is s...

Faced with the deficiencies of the C2 stock handle we both independently came up with the same solution, unaware of the other's work. It's kind of like when Isaac Newton in England, and Gottfried Leibniz in Germany, independently developed the calculus in the 17th century, don't you think? Necessit...

doggsaregood wrote: ↑

May 7th, 2024, 7:37 pm

I think the issue is in the chain area because it doesn’t feel that smooth when i pull.

The 2015 model D that I got last August also has greater resistance (and noise) than normal,
that's coming from the sprockets and chain. The sprockets especially are quite loud on the drive.

Slidewinder, thanks for your comments on my handle design. Here's the handle development thread , along with a photo below of a previous rendition. I've not located the nylon rope, so am planning to get a longer one, since there's plenty of space to the cage. Another big advantage of this design (on...

Look at any of the youtube videos for replacing chain on model D. They will show splitting the unit and then removing/installing this cover. Follow those steps to see what your chain is hitting. If its not your plastic cover hitting the chain then it will be something that fell inside the chain pat...

jamesg wrote: ↑

May 3rd, 2024, 12:49 am

Have you checked the one-way bearing? To make that noise it would have to be completely dry

Thank you for that suggestion. I will check the bearing asap and hope it hasn't been damaged.

The machine is clean and well taken care of.

The drag factor range is 80 to 220 and I'm using 130 (position #5).

This range compares well to the rowing machines that I've used in the past.

I got a slightly used 2015 Model D last August, used it for a few months, then gave up and was planning to sell it but have been giving it another chance this past month. The issue is that it seems to have too much resistance, & slower paces, compared to my previous use of model BCD rowing machines,...

As far as foot spread and angle, I think that (for me), even if I didn't have a big belly, it makes more anatomical/mechanical sense to have the feet more toward shoulder width, or at least pelvis width apart, with a little foot outward splay. (look at the dead-lift lifting form, feet spread to pel...

SoonerCed wrote: ↑

April 20th, 2024, 1:24 pm

Outstanding! I'm looking to do this as well. Any tips on designing the footplate?

I agree. That is nice.

alex9026 wrote: ↑

January 5th, 2024, 2:41 pm

not even Mo Farah would've entertained the idea of a 1500m (happy to be proven wrong).

Mo Farah ran 3:28.81 in one of his few 1500m races.

Ergdata does record recovery meters in the logbook. The recovery meters don't show up in the left hand column, but they do show up when clicking on "active" in the right hand column, and they are included in the overall total meters. If anyone is adding recovery meters again manually, they are mista...

I've been using Rayovac. That's what the originals were. They lasted a long time and had a lower price than the others. They were less than $4 for 4 of them a few years ago at Walmart, and now they are $7 for 4 of them. I wonder if checking the compartment every month or so would be helpful to make ...