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My rowing bicycle
Hello,
Some of you were asking me questions about my ROWGLIDER rowing bike. I simplified the design. I am currently making the prototype with wood. See attached jpegs. If it works, I will then make it in carbon fiber square cross section tubing. It cost me $400 complete for my 2020 chromoly prototype. You can see it on YouTube as ROWGLIDER Is anybody manufacturing an affordable rowing bike? I only know www.rowingbike.com and www.rowbike.com My design uses standard components. So it was super cheap. It is fast and smooth. My bike does NOT use a bungee cord for tensioner. So I have the most energy efficient design. You don't squander your rowing energy into stretching a bungee cord. If anybody has any question, feel free to ask. Regarding its weight, it's chromoly steel, so it's a little heavy. If everything was made of aluminum alloy it would weigh somewhere between 26 pounds & 30 pounds (12.7 kilos?) I hope all of you beautiful people in this bikeforums community have a wonder 2023. Once again, I want to thank all of you in this community. who made my rowing bike possible You helped me a lot when I had questions during the prototyping stage in 2017. Bye Alberto |
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Nice! That's a clever design!
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Originally Posted by icemilkcoffee
(Post 22780372)
Nice! That's a clever design!
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I don't think I could concentrate on rowing, biking and avoiding dog poop, so I just row at home and bike outside.
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I still want one of these. Too lazy to build one, though.
https://www.ashrita.com/wp-content/u...ndrow_bali.jpg https://www.ashrita.com/landrowing/ |
Originally Posted by KerryIrons
(Post 22780384)
Harks back to things that were patented in the late 1800s.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c1/06...18bedc9f38.jpg |
When I was a kid we had a contraption known as an "Irish Mail." Looked similar to this, as I recall.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3ad2d8a321.png |
Irish mails are pretty simple. The ones I've seen (a guy in our club has a couple of them) have 4 wheels, wooden seats, and are steered by foot. Champiot is a current manufacturer.
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