#Tacx trainer neo smart t2800 full
For full details of Trainer Difficulty feature within Zwift, see this ZwiftBlog article. Setting the 'Trainer Difficulty' in Zwift to 50%-75% goes a long way to assist in this area. If anything, Downhill Drive is a slight hinderance if you need to keep your wattage up on descents as there's less resistance to push against. This is completely independent of how fast your ergo flywheel is spinning. It'll turn the freewheel but this has ZERO EFFECT on 'propelling' you forward.Īll training apps calculate your virtual speed primarily from your power and the virtual gradient. "when the NEO Smart is plugged into the wall – the trainer will even ‘propel’ you forward if you’re on a virtual downhill grade." Bike Radar. red = in the red zone!).Ī much talked up feature of the Neo is the downhill drive simulation, where the Neo turns the freewheel on simulated descents when plugged into a power source. I could imagine them being more interesting in a spin room full of Neos where you could tell how hard other riders are working (blue = easy. The glowing lights under the Neo are nice visual for the pain cave, but are of no real use. You'll have to get creative if your floor isn't level. There's no 'feet' to adjust or level the unit.
Owning a Neo means you're inducted into the The Flat Earth Society, like it or not. Star Wars meets Tron with some Fast and the Furious neon lights for effect. Some people mention the plastic shell looks cheap. I don't plan to move it around on a regular basis. *As of January 2018 the Neo will ship with a Shimano/SRAM compatible freehub only. Shimano lock-rings are now supplied with newer Neo units. Cassette installation on the Edco MultiSys freehub (Shimano and Campagnolo compatible) was straight forward. Unboxing and setting up was straight forward and simple. Covering unboxing, technical specifications, and a few quotes I'll revisit in further detail below. Everything you expect to see and hear.ĭCRainmaker: The Tacx NEO Smart Trainer. To get the standard things out of the way first, here are a few links: To assist Google search indexes I'll include the keywords "Neo vs Kickr" and "Kickr vs Neo" in this paragraph.
I haven't set out to do a head to head comparison between the Neo and Kickr, however I'll be making a lot of references to the Kickr as it is the #1 competitor. What are the ins and outs of the Neo? What's the ride really like? And the #1 question, how does it compare to the Wahoo Kickr? All important things to cover, but there isn't many that dive into the actual user experience. This review has been a long time coming! The Neo has been available for close to eight months now so there's already a ton of reviews detailing the technical specifications, low noise, and general build of the unit.
0 kommentar(er)
