Tacx flow

ctrallying · 01-10-2009 7:17pm #1

Thinking of buying a tacx flow is it any good and where would be the cheapest place to pick one up.

macadam · 01-10-2009 7:30pm

There is a trainer for sale on donedeal.ie viewed it today its working perfect, I bought another item , he also has two orange downhill MTB for sale .
He is looking €70 for the trainer.

cosman9373 · 01-10-2009 7:56pm

never had one sorry, have a tacx though and find them great.

Chips Lovell · 01-10-2009 8:01pm

My father in law has one and I've used it quite a bit. Not too loud, works perfectly. The main selling point for me is the power measurement, which is very handy.

I bought a turbo myself recently and seriously considered getting one, but in the end thought it a little extravagent since I've been planning to get a separate power meter anyway.

cosman9373 · 01-10-2009 8:04pm

el tonto wrote: »

My father in law has one and I've used it quite a bit. Not too loud, works perfectly. The main selling point for me is the power measurement, which is very handy.

I bought a turbo myself recently and seriously considered getting one, but in the end thought it a little extravagent since I've been planning to get a separate power meter anyway.

yeah have a polar power meter so just use a basic tacx satori.

ajk24 · 01-10-2009 8:05pm

ordered one from bike24.com today. will let you know how it works out.
€255 was the best deal I could find anywhere.

cosman9373 · 01-10-2009 8:07pm

that's a good price.

billy.fish · 01-10-2009 9:42pm

cosman9373 wrote: »

yeah have a polar power meter so just use a basic tacx satori.

You know on a turbo the inaccuracy of the Polar meters is unreal. Not just inaccurate, but highly variable. Normaly they tend to read 7-9% +/- compared to SRM or PT, but they are very very consistant...on the road. On the turbo, you may as well use a piece of cheese to measure your power output

Power measurement on the Tacx is.....ok at best. Its good if you dont intend to refer it to an actual on road PM, it tends to drift over time due to heat build-up.

CheGuedara · 02-10-2009 7:58am

Have a Tacx flow myself for two yrs.

Absolutely cant fault it for training effectively - the manual that comes with it has a few training plans, but there's some good books and websites (trainwithpower.eu is a good place to start) out there that can give very good and often very detailed training guides to get the best out of your time on a turbo.

That said do put it in a room with a telly - can be amazingly testing on the mind to keep going past an hour or so (for me anyhow) - and consider getting a fan because you'll be surprised how fast you can overheat

TinyExplosions · 02-10-2009 8:50am

I have one, and like it... a good buy!

tunney · 02-10-2009 8:52am

el tonto wrote: »

My father in law has one and I've used it quite a bit. Not too loud, works perfectly. The main selling point for me is the power measurement, which is very handy.

I bought a turbo myself recently and seriously considered getting one, but in the end thought it a little extravagent since I've been planning to get a separate power meter anyway.

OT, but what PM are you going for?

Chips Lovell · 02-10-2009 9:11am

tunney wrote: »

OT, but what PM are you going for?

Polar

billy.fish · 02-10-2009 9:39am

el tonto wrote: »

Polar

You can pick up the wired version of a Powertap for the same price if you look about. Sure you have to go get a wheel build, but trust me, the set up on the polars are a pain.

I say this having owned one, and currently owning 2 Powertaps...probably with a MTB one on the way over the winter.

billy.fish · 02-10-2009 9:41am

and before Tunney says it:

you're still $hit Greg!

But i work in the whole science/sports/physiology area so i feel ok about it.

Chips Lovell · 02-10-2009 9:45am

billy.fish wrote: »

You can pick up the wired version of a Powertap for the same price if you look about.

I'm aware of that alright. Don't want something that tethers me to one set of wheels and requires a new computer unit though.

scottreynolds · 02-10-2009 9:46am

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I have one, and like it... a good buy!

Me two -- I'm not sure how you would use a power meter with a normal trainer but the tacx flow works well as you can change your power output (ot rather your required input) in increments of 10 Watts which is great for turbo sessions. I did alot of 2X20 varying the watts for training during last winter. Its all good fun -- except I was outside in the cold weather -- dry though.

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