Tacx Satori - replacing broke cable (adjustment lever cable)

paul64

Yup, just as I start to feel good on the Satori (and Antares) I have somehow put too much stress on the cable. This happened when trying to wrap it round the frame for storage, otherwise the long cable defeats the benefit of the trainer when folded.

I see that there is a lug on the cbale underneath the frame so presumably it threads from frame end and then onto the adjustment lever. A lug can't have snapped off the adjustment lever end, otherwise there would be no way of threading it?

So, has it come undone? Currently there is no grip and I have taken a good look round the adjustment lever but I do not see what it is, when threaded, that holds the cable.

Anyone else come up against this please?

(I have sent an email to Tacx but could wait some time for a response, if hellpful when it comes. Also, checked web-site and downloads, also tried web searches but to no avail.)

Edit: I entitled the thread broken cable but thought about it more and assume it is undone rather broken. No visible damage on it. Trainer used about 4 times since buying at Christmas!

sabbathox

Hey Paul64.

Did you managed to find a way of putting the cable back to the lever?
I just bought a second hand tacx satori and the cable is not connected to the lever...
I don't know if it is broken or if I just have to put it back somehow...

Any advice?

Thanks a lot

Ox

paul64

The repair policy was to send the entire package back boxed up and I received a new replacement Satori so I never did receive information. From memory, it was not intended to be user-repaired if the lug of the cable broke off (which is what happened to mine). The replacement new and unopened Satori took a month to come by which time I had bought an Elite Crono Fluid which I prefer.

The Satori (still sits unopened in its box but since these don't go out of date or style it is a backup unless someone spots it and says how much? Its method of click) lever and cable moves the resistance wheel closer or further away from your tyre, you have to set the initial position to optimise this.

In contrast, the Elite uses a swing arm and your bodyweight to apply force onto the resistance wheel. This makes for a smoother pedal rotation, an absence of the hard-easy-hard-easy pedalling experience and you use your gears in the normal way without an additional click-lever.

Critics of the Elite say you can't use the same amount of power. At 90kg weight downforce, mid-40s and distinctly non-competitive power it has more than enough for me.

Good luck with the Satori. I presume you will just have to set the initial position with its turnwheel to a perfect position and rely on your gear-shifting.

sabbathox

Hello Paul,

Thanks a lot for the complete answer. It really helps.
I surely should have spend more time on forum before buying this model...

Cheers
Ox