New rowbike

Mikael,

Not that new actually. For links to all the available rowbikes, and the world's most comprehensive
coverage of all things rowbike, check out Roger Gilmore's great site.

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6400 km of rowbiking the mountains of Virginia so far!

Warren

"Mikael Seierup" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:bd727p$ppr62$1 @ID-169681.news.dfncis.de:

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that looks like it would feel very scary.

An input on Olsen's Rowbike. I sold my P-38 and bought a Rowbike thinking I could get a similar
workout to the one I did on a Concept2 indoor machine, yet be in the great outdoors. I was
disappointed with the real thing. I found that I wasn't able to use my leg power with the Rowbike
like I did with the indoor rower. I eventually sold it to a Sikorsky engineer I work with, and he
did what engineers tend to do--re-engineered it. He replaced the stock bungee cord with one that was
larger and stronger, and it made all the difference in the world. I tried it and it felt much more
like the Concept 2. Oh well.....

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How do you suppose one would hold up doing a century on one of these?

I don't believe that I could do it. Think I'll stick with the V-Rex! :p

g19,

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How do you suppose one would hold up doing a century on one of these?

Rowing a sliding seat rig is extremely difficult. The torso moves back and forth several feet during
a stroke. This makes balance tricky. It also makes climbing any significant grade nearly impossible,
as your speed varies by several mph during the stroke. So at 4 mph average climbing you could find
yourself going backwards!

Also, on a sliding seat rig all of your effort must be transferred through your hands, which limits
how hard you can push.

Fixed seat rowbikes are much more practical.

I have done centuries in the hills of Virginia on my modified Thys
220.

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It is faster than a stock V-Rex.

Warren

(Warren Berger) said:

Again, the action is so much lighter, and the stroke rate much higher, that it is probably
developing a different muscle type. But the fixed seat bikes are a great way to get a full body
workout, and great fun.

Can you point me to an mpeg of one in action?? I'm having trouble envisioning how it works.

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Dave Clary said:

(Warren Berger) said:

Again, the action is so much lighter, and the stroke rate much higher, that it is probably
developing a different muscle type. But the fixed seat bikes are a great way to get a full body
workout, and great fun.

Can you point me to an mpeg of one in action?? I'm having trouble envisioning how it works.

< rowingbike.comrowingbike.comOpen ↗ > Upper left-hand corner of home page.

Tom Sherman - Various HPV's Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)

Tom Sherman said:

Dave Clary said:

(Warren Berger) said:

Again, the action is so much lighter, and the stroke rate much higher, that it is probably
developing a different muscle type. But the fixed seat bikes are a great way to get a full body
workout, and great fun.

Can you point me to an mpeg of one in action?? I'm having trouble envisioning how it works.

< rowingbike.comrowingbike.comOpen ↗ > Upper left-hand corner of home page.

Tom Sherman - Various HPV's Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)

Thanks!!

dc

Dave,

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Can you point me to an mpeg of one in action?? I'm having trouble envisioning how it works.

Go to

www.itt.edu/warren

Videos of my modified Thys 220 are at the bottom of the page.

Note that my system simulates sliding seat rowing. You can row arms and/or legs ....any combination,
just like sliding seat rowing.

Warren