So the wait is finally over, TACX Flux
is now shipping and in the next four to six
weeks should be available all around the
world so going back to the future or
back to the past your bike
this is one of the hardest talk about
items mid-range smart trainer with a
really really competitive price point
let's go through the steps so obviously
direct-drive trainer rear wheel off
jewel broadcasting on and plus bluetooth
smart so text explaining about a five
percent power accuracy with his but that
really tightens up after about 10
minutes of usage when things warm up
closer to around two to three percent we
will check that your tests 1500 what
sustained spring power so this thing can
pack a punch if you're putting out 1500
what's on the indoor trainer straight
up-and-down you're putting a lot more on
the road so this thing will be more than
sufficient for a lot of sprint work are
ten percent grade simulation 7 kilo
flywheel with an effective flywheel of
22.8 kilos
now that doesn't actually made a lot to
me either to be honest it's all about
jumping on the bike what's the spin-down
time what does it feel like to be on top
of the gear will go through that as well
today the way to the box itself 25 kilos
so holding this around it's quite hard
that's got some handles on the side
which is handy also note that the flight
was only seven kilos and with an entire
box white of 25 kilos i suspect the
build this unit is going to be pretty
solid also said the compatibility here
with a 1 30 mil right quantity five
mountain bike and also through actual
compatibility with the t28 35 adapter
from tax if you need one of those unit
doesn't come with the cassette sorry if
you go to buy one also make sure you get
a good set I bought myself and all Tegra
1125 for this unit
ok now for the fun part i haven't opened
this box yet so it come with me out but
open the box will build the unit put a
block on here we go
so unfortunately one of the larger cave
today I'm still up in Sydney will make
use of this room here and get into it
we have a manuals we have all the tools
required to build the unit we have all
the tools here we have the lock rings
talk to build the unit shims spaces and
everything good to go my customer
support and the manual as we know Manuel
comes out last power cable for the power
plug
thanks guys that saves me a lot of time
now into the unit itself have a look at
where packed packed in nice and tight
see how easy it is to pull out and build
obviously defeat the unit itself i don't
know where the handle is going by the
cassette we have nothing else in the box
so straightforward tricks this brilliant
the road
ok now as I said the manuals last thing
we go for so let's try and build this
from scratch
multi sedco hub on here so it's
compatible with shimano and most can
tags
this looks pretty straightforward to
install actually are there actually yeah
now as I said the box is actually quite
happy they are rock-solid so I don't let
the plastic cover for you
this thing is rocks it just has a nice
outer casing on it so that's all good
assume that goes in there xk here let's
look at an eight million top of my head
and we have the toolbox is
straightforward about what we have to do
here two bolts in and done with the tool
pretty universal power connector they're
just use the standard old old computer
star things I AC plugs so that bill was
pretty straightforward
it will take a few minutes if you want
to pack this away nice and tight in the
car back in the box will take a few
minutes but they have supplied the tool
for that to keep that knee by have a
plan to take the thing off this thing
that's about it for construction and
it's time for the cassette on
ok so we better do things by the book
here just to be sure we're going to mono
11-speed no space required and we need
the 11 tooth so getting that 12 23 ADL
11 tooth
now these multiple compatible ones that
tricky to find exactly way once you've
got one in your right
ok so that's what a large cutout goes
slides
and we'll use the strong steel skewer
that comes with it as well
rocks on these things
okay here we go
no I do like a simple build process if
you've seen my other videos where I put
things together and had to read manuals
from different languages things can get
a bit tricky that was straightforward so
thumbs up the tax for that the only real
tricky part is getting the cassette on
with the echo hub the multiple
compatibility means it's got different
tastes in different spots it's not as
easy as putting the large cutout on the
large cutout in the shimano if you find
with that if you're buying from the shop
get them to insult for you now houses at
all so I guess is one thing left to do
let's go for a ride
so one metric i do want to note is the
reaction heart comes in a 34 centimeters
that's exactly the same as a ride back
sitting on level ground meaning you
won't need a front wheel chock to lift
things up to make it level but my
preference is always to have it up a
little bit anyway so I'm going to use
the chocolate kind of the video
another thing I came to check on the
fluxes the neo on the day of the bike is
up quite high that's a bit of flex in
the system that a bad thing it's just a
little different to other trainers let's
give this a bit of shake so much play
the reason the system now definitely a
lot tighter definitely lot tighter than
they do there
finishing first training session on the
tax blocks job done our fifth day I took
it up to the top of the epic com had
someone join me on the ride and try and
race you to the top so that's beautiful
honey when someone tells you on their
friends list and they enjoy you half a
state berg look at the 10-percent was a
pretty apparent that worldly wasn't
really wasn't a slugfest I've gotta 3925
also it's not really a climbing gear as
such but look it was a good workout if I
wanted to push back a bit harder I just
click them for years and weights but
overall not too bad
one thing I couldn't do though I think I
put too many devices connected here I
didn't couldn't do the spin-down
mid-ride are disconnected everything
I've got but I've got five or six
bluetooth devices you know I think
something's hijack the connection so I'm
gonna have to disconnect everything
start afresh and that will try the
proper spin down but having said that
the power numbers over steady-state
interval against the stages now I'm it
is the stages but i have tested against
the text me oh which is quite good for
power and now we're pretty much very
very close and this was the same as well
they're bouncing around here within five
what's also together so that was a good
sign
one thing i did not go with just the lag
eNOS of the the power reporting and when
you get up out of the sound really punch
it hard and try to jump across the kind
of thing that a strain gauge goes strain
on the power estimated guys are hanging
on let me think let me stabilize let me
are here's your numbers so it's a little
bit of a lag there maybe your firmware
think maybe as we think i'm not quite
sure but what I will do is map to head
units I've got here with power and just
track those along for a few different if
it's a sprint test the steady-state just
a ramp up test and just see if there's
any lag they're not sure whether it was
just visual or what was actually
happening on the downhills no direct
drive like the mayor but it really
doesn't need it once something lets go
of all the resistance and has some
notion momentum that flywheel you
spitting out anyway you don't really
have to push the pedals just like you
doing the downhills so not having the
director is not too bad no Road feel on
this because it is a belt-driven be too
hard to actually get a flywheel to stop
jabbering and do bad things for the
internals of the system that mrs. that
is about a hard workout
and what's now I what was that asked in
our 20 has been hard work yet
all right we'll leave it there for now
thanks for watching I try to keep this
little shorter than the others so next
time around
look at a few of the more in-depth
details about the trainer and we'll take
it from there
thanks for watching out quick update on
this i just turned off all the bluetooth
devices that have in the house which is
a laptop a couple of ipads a couple of
iphones and my head units and guess what
i can now calibrated and connect to it
i'll show you that process now so the
connected calibration your trailer
around forget to 30 cases in our what
happens at 30 km/h my calculations are
correct when this baby hits 88 miles per
hour you're gonna see some serious ship
can I get there
I can't even get the video underground
there we go alright so calibrations to
speak with any case an hour
who would have thought in the city can I
was so hot
alright more testing to come i think it
might be wanted to jump on here and do
work yeah let's go on