Rowbike mods and learning to ride

Explanation of modifications I made on my Rowbike. My wife learning to ride my Rowbike. One of the best rowing type bicycles around today.

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Sports

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• rowbike
• rowing bike
• roeifiets
• ride
• learning
• modifications
• improvements
• fiets
• bicycle
• bike
• sports
• holland
• netherlands
• biking
• cycling

[midasracer]

Ja die is van mij, heb je waarschijnlijk bij mijn koffiewinkel zien staan. Voor zover ik weet de enige Rowbike in Friesland en met mijn mods uniek. Ik ben nu een rode sports Rowbike voor mijn vrouw aan het opbouwen. Kan ze zelf ook roeiend de weg op. Groet, Hans

[midasracer]

Yes, the foot rests are great. Unfortunately they broke off after a month, but that's because I welded them too cold. My mistake, but I am just learning to weld. I'll reweld them in a few days. The horns are a must have, I use them all the time outside the city. It's best to buy the ones that fasten inside the steering tube, so you don't loose grip space.

[midasracer]

@ryanhoyt931 I changed the shock cord to a 5mm one with hardly any tension on it. I don't need it because the Dave cam is gone and the derailleur as well. This prevents the problems you may have. I can even take a hand from the steering bar and still keep the bike in a straigt line. I've built a second Rowbike and will upload a video soon that shows more details.

[starsndskulls1]

Ik zag vanavond precies zo'n fiets staan in Sneek! Had er nog nooit eerder van gehoord maar heb blijkbaar toch de juiste zoekterm gebruikt! Leuk ding!

[ryanhoyt931]

@ApertureWolf I have a 720 sport too and if you think about it, mountain bike horns are dead weight. If you make a habit of changing your hand position too much on a Rowbike you'll wobble into traffic and get squished pretty fast. It's heavy enough without more gimmicks.

[ApertureWolf]

I really like what you did with the foot rests, my air rower in house has the canting foot rests more inline with the body. I wish I could do the same for my rowbike as you did there, looks like a great improvement. I have the Red/Blue model with the Davecam. Have you found the grip/horns to help any? I thought of adding them to mine.