Not able to sprint on Tacx neo?
JakeJ
Posts: 151
So my girlfreind's dad has a Tacx neo trainer and regulary uses zwift, last night he let me have a go on it.
I only had half an hour as he uses it every night, so 20 minuets in I went to go for a full sprint effort as we always joke about who can put the most power down, so just as I go to leap forwards, it was like it slipped and then basically locked on and took huge effort to turn the cranks over, it was only once I turned it off & on again it was ok?
I'm not a 2000W sprinter, I'd have put out 1000-1100 max, surely a turbo trainer like this should be able to handle that all day long?
Anyway, I didn't tell him what had happened but I'm not in any rush to get back on it if that's what happens when you apply some power.
I only had half an hour as he uses it every night, so 20 minuets in I went to go for a full sprint effort as we always joke about who can put the most power down, so just as I go to leap forwards, it was like it slipped and then basically locked on and took huge effort to turn the cranks over, it was only once I turned it off & on again it was ok?
I'm not a 2000W sprinter, I'd have put out 1000-1100 max, surely a turbo trainer like this should be able to handle that all day long?
Anyway, I didn't tell him what had happened but I'm not in any rush to get back on it if that's what happens when you apply some power.
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Bonkers that this would be a problem on a £1k turbo. Quite glad I went for a dumb fluid direct drive one now.0
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The linked thread mentions that high torque acceleration issue was addressed with improved firmware.0
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I've done hundreds of sprints on mine with no issues at all. Sounds like a dodgy unit.My blog: http://www.roubaixcycling.cc (kit reviews and other musings)
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Can't say I've had this issue. Have never updated my NEO firmware (if it ain't broke....) but then again I'm not a 1000+ watt sprinter either!0
