- So last week I climbed a rower up a mountain
and did a workout at the top.
Fun, but painful.
So I'm gonna craft a modular system that you can do at home
to modify your own Concept2 machine for carrying to
whatever inappropriate place you may enjoy most.
I figure my local Home Depot is a really good choice
for trying to help me problem solve
how to rig this thing up.
So we're going to take our rower to another
inappropriate place this week, Home Depot.
What I'm envisioning is something where
on the down stay of the machine
I am wrapping some kind of round foam-ish,
Velcro-e-ish thing.
We're gonna figure that one out.
So we're on our way to Home Depot.
I don't know that Home Depot
is gonna be used to somebody coming in
and asking for help with a project.
I'm not even sure what aisle to start in.
That and I don't hope I catch a center aisle something
and take down an entire display.
Hi.
I feel like I don't actually stand out
as much as I though I would.
(soft music)
So I guess I just need the weight.
(dings)
- [Mark] Washer, on top through the cap.
- [Shane] So what am I missing?
Anything?
- Time.
- Thank you sir. - Thank you, have a good day.
- Appreciate your help. - All right.
- Mark, Home Depot here in San Diego.
Thanks guys.
- Yeah, thank you so much.
Bye Shane, take care.
- Cool, thank you Mark
Okay so we just wrapped up with Mark
who was incredibly helpful.
I was not expecting as good of a solution
as he came up with.
I think this could work really well.
- I'm gonna get this guy an 80% discount next time.
- All right, so we went to Home Depot
and it was unbelievably successful.
Not nearly as many weird looks as I though I was gonna get.
Let's get home and let's piece this thing together.
Okay, so we've got the parts at home.
So first we have our two foot, one inch PVC pipes.
Then we have 20-and-something plus two washers.
We have our nylon locking nuts.
We have our one inch end cap, T, and 45-degree elbow.
Christy's Red Hot Blue Glue.
Two 24 inch Hang-Alls and one 18 inch Hang-All
and finally our pipe cover with pre-installed adhesive.
Lets get to this.
Lets see how it works out.
Okay, so I'm rethinking the plan a little bit.
Simply I put the machine up on my shoulder
and this is just, its almost too much.
The other thing I'm finding is that
it's all about balance point when you're carrying this.
So the machine tilts backwards and forward.
I'm curious how this is gonna impact it,
having a connection to my hip.
All right, so I've drilled out the other end,
so now we've got a catchall hanging from both sides.
So the plan is that one side hooks to something.
TBD.
This will hook onto the front arm of the machine.
All right so this is what we got.
Feel like this is fairly reasonable.
Still don't know what this is gonna hook on to though.
I think the upside is it helps lift on the right
a little bit and flatten it out.
I mean I guess it will keep it from
slipping forward off of my shoulder.
Now, I've got my Lulu backpack.
This literally comes with me everywhere in everything I do.
So we're gonna try this now for the backpack
and see if this connecting to the backpack does the trick.
All right, not very effective.
It's just hanging.
I just basically made myself carry extra equipment.
I feel as sad as this PVC pipe looks right now.
So we're gonna Sawzall the up PVC pipe
and we'll see how that goes.
Glasses on.
(saw buzzing)
This PVC hitch is giving me a lot of trouble.
'Cause I feel like this could work,
right now it doesn't seem to be.
Okay, so at the end of the day
these guys are kinda you're best option.
I'm gonna test just these out.
Did not remove the adhesive strips.
So I would encourage you to keep them on as well
'cause once they stick, they stick.
This way I can just pop them on, travel,
pop them off when I get there.
I think this is our best option for now.
Guys, thanks for tuning in.
I'm gonna link to some of this for you
so that you guys can find it down below in the description.
Anyways guys, thanks for joining us.
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Join us in that adventure
and we will see you in the next Rowing Inappropriately.
Later guys.
(soft music)
There's not enough upward tension to do anything.
Safety first folks.
(saw buzzing)