Tacx Training™

Meh…there is no instructions on how to use a training plan. suddenly my tacx vortex does calibrate anymore..? the choice of course options are pretty extreme. i’m not even sure how their FTP test are supposed to work. i’m still gonna give it a few months. however, I do get a fantastic workout on it. the train programs seem very sporadic with no type of building.

New comer to smart trainer so playing around with some programs

Movies take forever to load. Unacceptable!

The app regularly loses the signal from the TACX neo2. It’s an ordeal to get the signal back. This involves unplugging the unit completely waiting about an HOUR replugging everything back. Finding the signal and repairing and then having Zwift pick up the signal via Apple TV and/or the Zwift companion. There’s no reset button on the trainer itself. The edge 830 however reads the TACX neo 2 just fine. This app also does not lend itself to casting via the Roku or Apple TV.

The Bluetooth connection works without any problems about 2% of the time.

Garmin did well with this one!

I have numerous issues with this app. Difficulty connecting to my trainer. Disconnecting from my trainer multiple times. Failed calibration with no help from Garmin support. Resistance feels exactly the same in incline and decline. I’ll stick to Swift from now on.

Not reliable on my seventh generation iPad

I like Garmin products and feel that this compliments nicely with their trainer. It does a good job of giving me an excellent work out, excellent logging and data about my performance. My wife and I each have an iPad and ride side by side using this app in our training room. We like being able to ride together and motivate each other. Would really like the ability to cast our two sessions to a tv in split screen mode. Now for the downside. The program seems to be full of random glitches and occasional crashes. Today we couldn’t do a group ride, got an error message. Sometimes it won’t show the amount of ev elation changes at the bottom of the screen. Often the screens freeze with a spinning circle then resume. Strangely often in exactly the same place for both my wife and I. Also randomly won’t connect to the trainer if we leave the trainer on. We’ve learned to unplug it each to,e we’re done training to avoid having to reboot the trainer (Tacx).

Working on my second replacement and it’s happening again. Halfway into a ride and the app pauses and says keep pedaling, well I haven’t stopped. Looks like another call to tech support.