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Concept2 Slide

Concept2

The Slide is an accessory for the Model D and C Indoor Rowers which adds the team-boat, on-water feel to Indoor Rowing. It consists of a base with two tracks and a carriage with wheels that run on the tracks. Light bungee cord tension keeps the carriage centered on the base. It takes two Slides to "float" an Indoor Rower - one Slide for the front leg and one for the back leg. To create a team boat, add one more Slide for each additional Rower you wish to link. Development of the Concept2 Slide concentrated on a way to allow our current Indoor Rower owners to use their machines in a team setting.

The concept of a "dynamic erg" has been around since at least the mid 1980s. We had followed a biomechanics project at the University of Bremen, Germany from 1985 to 1989 where Model B Ergs were joined on a moving track system to simulate team boat rowing. Our newsletter, published in the Spring of 1990, reviewed an add-on product called "Ergwheels" sold by the Human Motion Machine Company. This was a system of caster wheels designed to allow the Model B Erg to move back and forth with the rower’s stroke directly on a gym floor. Since the early 1990s machines in which various components are free to move have been designed.

With the Concept2 Slide, our goal was to give crew teams a better way to train during the off season using existing rowers.

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For more information on this product, visit Concept2's website.