Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 23.4 x 17.6 x 8.4 inches |
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Package Weight | 23.45 Kilograms |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 20 x 1 x 24 inches |
Item Weight | 16 Kilograms |
Brand Name | Tacx |
Number of Items | 1 |
Manufacturer | Tacx |
Part Number | T2900 |
Model Year | 2017 |
Tacx Flux Smart Trainer (Updated 2018 Version) Max 1500 Watts, 10% Slope, ANT+, Bluetooth, Magnetic, Shimano/Sram Freehub Body, Model T2900
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Brand | Tacx |
Wheel Size | 29 Inches |
Bike Type | Mountain Bike |
Resistance Mechanism | Magnetic |
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Product Description
The FLUX is a compact and realistic interactive direct drive and is maintenance-free. The swift response of the Smart electronics and the 7kg flywheel transmit the slightest fluctuations in resistance directly and accurately to your legs. With the FLUX we combined direct drive technology with an electro brake in order to offer an accessible Smart and interactive direct drive. Features: Bike Rear Dropout sizes Race 130mm, MTB 135mm. Adapters for other widths available. Not suitable for a long cage rear derailleur. Suitable bikes SRAM & Campagnolo cassettes Supplied with Quick release for racing bikes and mountain bikes (5 mm) Control by Smartphone, tablet, ANT+ FE-C bike computers and stand-alone Connect to computer via ANT+ antenna Read out on Smartphone, tablet, bike computer, sports watch, computer with ANT+ antenna Specs: Max. power: (40 km/h) 1500 Watt Max. slope: 10% Flywheel: Actual, 7 kg Flywheel effect: 22.8kg Dimensions when folded: Not foldable Weight: 16 kg (35.3 lbs) Wireless communication:ANT+ FE-C, Bluetooth Smart open Read out on Smartphone, tablet, bike computer, sports watch, computer with ANT+ antenna Output: Speed, cadence and power
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ASIN | B01N5G8UUL |
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Customer Reviews |
3.9 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #1,189,918 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors) #271 in Bike Resistance Trainers |
Date First Available | September 29, 2016 |
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Customers like the value and quality of the bicycle trainer. They mention it's the best value at its price point. However, some customers have reported issues with the smell, noise and belt. They say the belt gets hot and smells like burning rubber. They also say the sound increases a lot. Customers have mixed opinions on performance.
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Customers find the bicycle trainer to be a great value at its price point. They also say it's the best value trainer.
"...Flux is an entry level direct drive trainer, and at the price point that I could afford...." Read more
"This is absolutely the best price you are going to find for a direct drive smart trainer...." Read more
"...I find the Tacx Flux to be a great value at its price point for a direct drive trainer...." Read more
"...because after reading the reviews it would be a good product at a great price...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the bicycle trainer. They mention that it is a great product for the price, and the revised 2018 trainer is awesome.
"...The first ride went great and I was so excited to get to use it before work the next day...." Read more
"...For the price, this trainer is great." Read more
"Don’t let the early reviews scare you, the Flux is a great trainer..." Read more
"The revised 2018 trainer is awesome!..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the performance of the bicycle trainer. Some mention that it works well, while others say that it fails within a month.
"...sounding funny, the next day burning smell from the belt and it stopped working - Shame on Tacx for bringing this to market!..." Read more
"...I got wasn't quite correct, it arrived in perfect shape and operates without any issues at all...." Read more
"This thing no longer works properly only after a few days. Dont buy it!!!!It makes me not want to work out...." Read more
"...Your purchase will not be the exception - this is clearly a faulty product." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the smell of the bicycle trainer. They mention that it smells like burning rubber after an hour of easy use, and that the belt gets hot at times.
"...Then I began to notice the same burnt rubber/plastic smell mentioned in other reviews and the resistance became very irregular, almost like it was..." Read more
"...You can smell the belt getting hot at times but I havent felt any drop in resistance...." Read more
"...My happiness ended when I smelled burning rubber and experienced slippage at the end of the ride...." Read more
"...Eventually the belt just started to randomly slip and the burnt rubber smell showed up in force...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the noise produced by the bicycle trainer. They mention that the cassette slid right on but generates a grinding noise under any sort of tension. Some customers also mention that it starts sounding funny and the sound increases a lot after 10 minutes.
"...After about 10 minutes of the next ride I heard a funny noise and it felt like the belt was slipping...." Read more
"...The sound increased a lot,after 10 minutes. 3) After one hour the sound in the shaft of the cassete is like a "pop corn" machine...." Read more
"...Once here, the cassette slid right on but generates a grinding noise under any sort of tension...." Read more
"...One day it started sounding funny, the next day burning smell from the belt and it stopped working - Shame on Tacx for bringing this to market!..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the belt of the bicycle trainer. They mention that it slips and smells like burnt rubber.
"...10 minutes of the next ride I heard a funny noise and it felt like the belt was slipping...." Read more
"...My happiness ended when I smelled burning rubber and experienced slippage at the end of the ride...." Read more
"...Eventually the belt just started to randomly slip and the burnt rubber smell showed up in force...." Read more
"...During my third ride the brake started slipping, then I smelled burning rubber, then the brake started locking...." Read more
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I watched Shane Millers and DC Rainmakers YouTube reviews and again they didn’t discourage me. Again, TACX could be seen as addressing the problem.
The Flux is an entry level direct drive trainer, and at the price point that I could afford. The local shops all seemed to have the Cycleops trainers which didn’t excite me. I’m not sure why but I didn’t feel good about them, the price point was just out of reach for me as well.
The setup was easy, unbox, slide the legs on and bolt them in place. The hardest part was putting the cassette on, but only because I used the 12T connector instead of the 11T one. Both came with the Flux.
I’d reached out to the seller prior to placing the order and had received an immediate answer. Another good sign as far as I was concerned.
My first ride with the Flux on Zwift told me I’d made a good decision. The first hill, I saw it coming and just like real life as I moved into attack position the resistance went up and I started the climb. I find I love attacking the rollers around the city in Zwift and have climbed Leath hill 3 times in the last two days. One of my goals this winter was to get better at climbing hills, this trainer is going to make that goal a lot easier to achieve.
I’d definitely recommend the Flux to other cyclists, and already have. I took it with me to the studio at the request of the guys I ride with. They all liked what they saw.
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018
I watched Shane Millers and DC Rainmakers YouTube reviews and again they didn’t discourage me. Again, TACX could be seen as addressing the problem.
The Flux is an entry level direct drive trainer, and at the price point that I could afford. The local shops all seemed to have the Cycleops trainers which didn’t excite me. I’m not sure why but I didn’t feel good about them, the price point was just out of reach for me as well.
The setup was easy, unbox, slide the legs on and bolt them in place. The hardest part was putting the cassette on, but only because I used the 12T connector instead of the 11T one. Both came with the Flux.
I’d reached out to the seller prior to placing the order and had received an immediate answer. Another good sign as far as I was concerned.
My first ride with the Flux on Zwift told me I’d made a good decision. The first hill, I saw it coming and just like real life as I moved into attack position the resistance went up and I started the climb. I find I love attacking the rollers around the city in Zwift and have climbed Leath hill 3 times in the last two days. One of my goals this winter was to get better at climbing hills, this trainer is going to make that goal a lot easier to achieve.
I’d definitely recommend the Flux to other cyclists, and already have. I took it with me to the studio at the request of the guys I ride with. They all liked what they saw.
Received a 2017 model but the seller was very quick to resolve the issue. After speaking to them as well as Tacx, I am assured that all of the units this seller is offering were produced after the manufacturing issue that plagued this model in early 2017. Even though the model I got wasn't quite correct, it arrived in perfect shape and operates without any issues at all.
As another person has mentioned in a review, you can safely ignore the older reviews around faulty units -- the ones this seller is offering are totally fine.
I find the Tacx Flux to be a great value at its price point for a direct drive trainer. There is nothing that costs less that will provide the same experience and you will have to spend at least $100 more fore the Elito or $200+ for the Wahoo Core (which appears to be a great trainer).
A little about me first. I’m a masters cat 4 roadie who rides over 5k miles/year of which 2k/year is inside (life in the north). FTP is 3.5w/kg with peak sprint at just under 1,200 watts.
As for the experience... I have a stages left side crank for my power to compare. The Tacx Flux reads power on the low slide for your initial push, or when sprinting as it is calculated versus measured (Stages is an actual strain gauge). When working in steady state efforts, like Zwift, it works really well. I really find the ERG mode to be helpful, most of the time. On longer VO2 Max or FTP efforts, I do find the ERG makes it more difficult, so I turn it off. I also revert back to the Stages if my legs are tired and I need to complete a difficult workout. It’s kind of like cheating. I can tell my legs have gotten stronger over the last six months and I’m looking forward to a higher FTP as a result.
Connecting the Flux to my iPad and Zwift is really easy. I think the flux runs super quiet. The fans and shifting are the only real noises. Coming from a Kurt kinetic rock and roll, I do miss the side to side movements. I hope this review helps. It’s my first on amazon.
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Garanzia fare una recensione è quasi sprecato, andate sul sicuro e comprate tacx
Gestern gekommen, den Fuß mit 2 Schrauben abgeschraubt, die Kassette aufgesetzt und das Rad drauf, hier war es was tricky da sich der Hinterbau immer was versetzt hatte, als dann der Schnellspanner kam war alles OK.
Auf meinem Handy, S7 Edge, die App drauf und die Software nach dem Trainer suchen lassen, kurze Zeit später waren die Geräte via ANT grkoppelt. Meine Garmin Vector Pedale sowie der Pulsgurt wurden auch erkannt.
Über cloud.tacx.com ein Workout aufs Handy und los ging
Bis jetzt Top, jetzt werde ich erst mal testen.
So, nach fast 3 Monaten mal Zusammenfassung,
Als Tablett nutze ich nun das Fire8 mit der TACX Software, brauche da keinen TV oder was großes,der FLUX koppelt sich via Bluetoth mit dem Fire8 sehr gut und stabil. Parallel zum Tablett ist mein Garmin 1000 über ANT+ mit dem Flux auch noch gekoppelt, den Garmin wegen Puls und den Vector Pedalen (Wattmessung an den Pedalen)
TACX hat sein Portal was geändert, man kann nun seine GPX Daten hochladen und abfahren, das macht Spaß
Nach längeren Strecken richt der Trainer immer noch sehr,
Blatt 9+10 kann ich nicht nutzen, warum auch immer, es knackst dann, die Schaltung habe ich eingestellt, Kassette ist neu, die Kette ist so gut wie neu
UPDATE 11.2018
Nachdem TACX anfänglich den Import von eigenen GPX Daten zugelassen hat und dauch das spätere Abfahren der eigenen Strecken darf man nur noch Importieren und wenn man Diese dann Abfahren möchtt wird man mit fast 10€ pro Monat zur Kasse gebeten. Das Gerät ist weiterhin OK, aber dies war für mich auch eine grundlegende Funktion die mich zum kauf dessen führte. Ich werde jetzt dann zu BKool wechseln, OK die kosten auch 10€ im Monat aber da kann man aber auch seine eigenen Tourvideos hochladen und diese dann abfahren, sofern die GPX Daten enthalten. Ich werde TACX aber noch eine bitter böse Mail schreiben und ich hoffe das das alle anderen TACX User auch machen werden.
Reviewed in Germany on November 7, 2017
Gestern gekommen, den Fuß mit 2 Schrauben abgeschraubt, die Kassette aufgesetzt und das Rad drauf, hier war es was tricky da sich der Hinterbau immer was versetzt hatte, als dann der Schnellspanner kam war alles OK.
Auf meinem Handy, S7 Edge, die App drauf und die Software nach dem Trainer suchen lassen, kurze Zeit später waren die Geräte via ANT grkoppelt. Meine Garmin Vector Pedale sowie der Pulsgurt wurden auch erkannt.
Über cloud.tacx.com ein Workout aufs Handy und los ging
Bis jetzt Top, jetzt werde ich erst mal testen.
So, nach fast 3 Monaten mal Zusammenfassung,
Als Tablett nutze ich nun das Fire8 mit der TACX Software, brauche da keinen TV oder was großes,der FLUX koppelt sich via Bluetoth mit dem Fire8 sehr gut und stabil. Parallel zum Tablett ist mein Garmin 1000 über ANT+ mit dem Flux auch noch gekoppelt, den Garmin wegen Puls und den Vector Pedalen (Wattmessung an den Pedalen)
TACX hat sein Portal was geändert, man kann nun seine GPX Daten hochladen und abfahren, das macht Spaß
Nach längeren Strecken richt der Trainer immer noch sehr,
Blatt 9+10 kann ich nicht nutzen, warum auch immer, es knackst dann, die Schaltung habe ich eingestellt, Kassette ist neu, die Kette ist so gut wie neu
UPDATE 11.2018
Nachdem TACX anfänglich den Import von eigenen GPX Daten zugelassen hat und dauch das spätere Abfahren der eigenen Strecken darf man nur noch Importieren und wenn man Diese dann Abfahren möchtt wird man mit fast 10€ pro Monat zur Kasse gebeten. Das Gerät ist weiterhin OK, aber dies war für mich auch eine grundlegende Funktion die mich zum kauf dessen führte. Ich werde jetzt dann zu BKool wechseln, OK die kosten auch 10€ im Monat aber da kann man aber auch seine eigenen Tourvideos hochladen und diese dann abfahren, sofern die GPX Daten enthalten. Ich werde TACX aber noch eine bitter böse Mail schreiben und ich hoffe das das alle anderen TACX User auch machen werden.