Tacx Fortius VR Trainer With Video Reality And VR Software Review - BikeRadar

The litrature says it can replicate 1 in 4 but the mag unit can only simulate a 1 in 7% resistance. If hills in Real Life Videos are say 20%, pedalling becomes choppy and un-smooth.

Check out the TACX forum page for info on this.

VR riding is fantastic though!

I rode Alpe D'huez on Friday then rode it on the Fortius at home on Tuesday. Remarkably similar times and effort spent. Going for a time on a RLV climb is every bit as agonising as the real thing and easy to fit in after work. I'm a convert.

I have owned a Tacx Fortius with the steering frame add on for nearly 2 years now.

The virtual reality is incredible, especialy when the steering is used. Hills both up and down are simulated with the motor, and it feels like you are riding not just training.

Lots of riding to explore, I have also bought the MTB and veledrome environments (extras).

Real live video is also great with lots of routes to buy (I have bought just 1 so far). The trainer comes from new with some good VR environments for free and also some demos (1 video demo too).

Other rival VR software can also be used with the trainer, bought seperately from Fitcentric (ride run row), Netathlon 2 for bikes which I have bought. Also the new Tacx Trainer software (I have not yet bought) which alows you to ride your own GPS routes with Google earth etc. the possibilities are endless.

To ride the Tacx on-line with others costs 49 Euros per year(not as stated in the write up) or 1 year free if you buy the multiplayer package.

The negatives are buggy software (problems can be sorted thanks to the help of a very good forum) and a choppy feeling through the pedals on steep climbs at times, but nothing that should stop you from buing - other than the obvious costs involved!!!

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windows Me: totally rubbish constantly crashing steering rack doesn't work the activation key didn't work out of the box had to phone a third part company in the uk who then contact tacx

somewhere in the euro zone who issued me a new key all in all it took about a week and half

i payed £1200 for the Tacx Fortius trainer and i could speak to anyone on the phone they never picked it up

zero customer service i end up at the forum door who embraced me with open arms

i've now got running about 65% and i love it!! the concept is amazing it really get you going

my cycling se

done a video review on this machine check it out 18/06/2011

http://www.youtube.com/user/firemonkey51

overview: the software is compared to

windows Me: totally rubbish constantly crashing steering rack doesn't work the activation key didn't work out of the box had to phone a third part company in the uk who then contact tacx

somewhere in the euro zone who issued me a new key all in all it took about a week and half

i payed £1200 for the Tacx Fortius trainer and i could speak to anyone on the phone they never picked it up

zero customer service i end up at the forum door who embraced me with open arms

i've now got running about 65% and i love it!! the concept is amazing it really get you going

my cycling sesimple overview software is compared to

windows Me: totally rubbish constantly crashing steering rack doesn't work the activation key didn't work out of the box had to phone a third part company in the uk who then contact tacx

somewhere in the euro zone who issued me a new key all in all it took about a week and half

i payed £1200 for the Tacx Fortius trainer and i could speak to anyone on the phone they never picked it up

zero customer service i end up at the forum door who embraced me with open arms

I've now got it running about 65% and i love it!! the concept is amazing it really get you going

my cycling has improved massively however watch my video review subscribe to my channel because i will be showing you the real problem with this machine

done a video review on this machine check it out 18/06/2011

http://www.youtube.com/user/firemonkey51

overview: the software is compared to

windows Me: totally rubbish constantly crashing steering rack doesn't work the activation key didn't work out of the box had to phone a third part company in the uk who then contact tacx

somewhere in the euro zone who issued me a new key all in all it took about a week and half

i payed £1200 for the Tacx Fortius trainer and i could speak to anyone on the phone they never picked it up

zero customer service i end up at the forum door who embraced me with open arms

i've now got running about 65% and i love it!! the concept is amazing it really get you going

my cycling sesimple overview software is compared to

windows Me: totally rubbish constantly crashing steering rack doesn't work the activation key didn't work out of the box had to phone a third part company in the uk who then contact tacx

somewhere in the euro zone who issued me a new key all in all it took about a week and half

i payed £1200 for the Tacx Fortius trainer and i could speak to anyone on the phone they never picked it up

zero customer service i end up at the forum door who embraced me with open arms

I've now got it running about 65% and i love it!! the concept is amazing it really get you going

my cycling has improved massively however watch my video review subscribe to my channel because i will be showing you the real problem with this machine

done a video review on this machine check it out 18/06/2011

http://www.youtube.com/user/firemonkey51

overview: the software is compared to

windows Me: totally rubbish constantly crashing steering rack doesn't work the activation key didn't work out of the box had to phone a third part company in the uk who then contact tacx

somewhere in the euro zone who issued me a new key all in all it took about a week and half

i payed £1200 for the Tacx Fortius trainer and i could speak to anyone on the phone they never picked it up

zero customer service i end up at the forum door who embraced me with open arms

i've now got running about 65% and i love it!! the concept is amazing it really get you going

my cycling sesimple overview software is compared to

windows Me: totally rubbish constantly crashing steering rack doesn't work the activation key didn't work out of the box had to phone a third part company in the uk who then contact tacx

somewhere in the euro zone who issued me a new key all in all it took about a week and half

i payed £1200 for the Tacx Fortius trainer and i could speak to anyone on the phone they never picked it up

zero customer service i end up at the forum door who embraced me with open arms

I've now got it running about 65% and i love it!! the concept is amazing it really get you going

my cycling has improved massively however watch my video review subscribe to my channel because i will be showing you the real problem with this machine