Concept2 Forum

Thanks Francois,<br /><br />I heard it said once that you can tell in the spring who has been riding rollers vs. trainers once everyone gets back on the road. The roller riders go straight as an arrow while the trainer riders drift around a bit until they get their feel back. You hear a lot of hype ...

What kind of indoor trainers do you all ride? I've recently moved to New England and have dusted off my very old Kreitler rollers with the "killer" head wind unit. Do people still ride rollers or is that considered old school these days? I like the fact that you really have to concentrate while ridi...

In case you were unclear on what the mainstream sports world thinks of rowing, this should clear it up. From Bill Simmons, Sports Guy (SG), on ESPN.com page2, a usually very entertaining and clever sports writer.<br /><br />-Don<br /><br />Q: Hey Bill, my name is Jon and I'm a writer for The Daily C...

Congratulations Dwayne. Fantastic row. I'm amazed.<br /><br />-Don

Dennis,<br /><br />Congratulations on a terrific row. Thanks for sharing the details with us. It's really interesting to read about what it was like to be there from a rower's perspective rather than just reading a list of results. Great, great job. I hope to see you in action, live in Boston.<br />...

I have a C and PM2. I'd like to get RowPro and get online. Would you recommend going to PM2+ or PM3? Can you still get a PM2+?<br /><br />Thanks, Don

Joan,<br /><br />Great job stroking that 8. You all were flying coming down the finishing straight. I posted a shaky video of you rowing the last 500. Sorry I missed you but I got to see Margie, Wendy, Marnie and A.C. when picking up my boat.<br /><br /><a href='http://homepage.mac.com/jdseymour/iMo...

Paul,<br /><br />There were some CRI rowers watching near me on the bridge. I overheard them talking as you went by, <br /><br />"Who's in that boat?" <br /><br />"Some guy who's an international erg competitor showed up at the boathouse and pulled an incredible 6k time. They put him in the boat wit...

The rumors are apparently true. Canoeist really did cross over to "real" rowing as seen here in this short video. Viewer discretion is advised.<br /><br /><a href='http://homepage.mac.com/jdseymour/iMovieTheater6.html' target='_blank'>Canoeist in a rowboat</a>

Hi Paul,<br /><br />Great job with the on the water rowing. I rowed the HOCR in for the first time in a single in 2003. It was a fantastic event to be a part of. I kept my boat at Community and did some practice rows on the course in the days leading up to my race. It was astounding how many crews w...

Nice job. Sorry to have missed you. I would have loved to meet you. This is where I row every day. How did you like our "creek"? We row over from California Yacht Club in the Marina. Sometimes it's a real adventure rowing in as you're exposed to the open ocean there for about 250 meters. You can get...

I'm moving to Maine this summer. I'll be based at our summer place on Deer Isle until we can find something in the Portland area. I hope to keep up the water rowing as much as possible there. Does anyone know about water rowing options around Portland? I'm excited about becoming a year around Mainia...

For me SPI is an interesting training index to help you translate how hard to pull at different rates in order to achieve your goals. Take for example michaelb's rates from a previous post.<br /><br />Let's say you've determined that 35 is your optimal stroke rate for a 2k and your goal is 1:40. Tha...

Ranger,<br /><br />You often share SPI figures such as "1:40 at 30 spm is 11.7 SPI" etc. Do you have a chart that tells you what the watts are for every corresponding 500 meter pace? For example based on your last post:<br /><br />1:40 = 351 watts<br />.<br />.<br />1:48 = 278.4 watts<br />.<br />.<...

Another boat company you should check out is Peinert - <a href='http://www.sculling.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.sculling.com/</a><br /><br />They have a boat that's competitive with the Maas 24 - Dolphin and an interesting light and stable boat - Zephyr.<br /><br />Also check out the Hudson T6 ...