![]() Further, it’ll broadcast out your ANT+ Speed, Cadence, and Power. Plus on the Bluetooth Smart side, apps that work with the Tacx Smart trainers already, will work with Flux. Like virtually all high end trainers these days, the unit supports ANT+ FE-C for trainer control. These apps can be anything from Zwift to TrainerRoad to Kinomap and many more. The Flux is a fully electronic trainer, in that your resistance can be controlled electronically from various apps on desktop or mobile devices. Whereas Wahoo is providing that cassette on their KICKR included in the trainer cost, but if your needs don’t match their 11-speed cassette you’re basically replacing it anyway. As with the Tacx NEO, and Elite and CycleOps direct drive units, you’ll have to provide your own cassette (a $50-$70 cost), plus installing said cassette. That means that you’ll remove your rear wheel and affix your bike directly to the trainer. To begin, as is likely obvious from the above, the Flux is a direct drive trainer. Here is one of those almost-production units: This state is important to note because it helps to set the stage for timelines later on in terms of release/shipping dates. The company currently has a handful of not-quite-production units to show, though they look the part of a production unit. As you can see below, things take interesting paths from prototype to production (or, near production as it is today). At the time, the trainer was very much still a prototype externally, even if internally it was pretty much locked. Way back in early June I got to spend some time riding on a Flux while visiting the Tacx headquarters. Still, the Flux is a demonstration of Tacx for the third year in a row pushing the boundaries of prices and feature alignment in the trainer space. However, they did roll out a substantial firmware update to their high end NEO lineup earlier in the summer, plus that model received a very minor external shell modification to make it compatible with more bikes. The Flux would be the only new cycling trainer they’d release this season (aside from the Magnum treadmill, but I’ll cover that separately). ![]() This new trainer sits at the upper edge of the mid-range electronic trainer pricing range at $899USD/€799, but pulls in features historically only seen at higher levels, notably being direct drive and ANT+ FE-C for electronic trainer control. This week at Eurobike, Tacx has announced their latest smart trainer, the Tacx Flux.
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