Bike for Neo 2

Dave85

I've decided I'm ready to invest in a Tacx Neo and a bike to connect and leave connected to it (whilst I continue to commute on my mountain bike).

Looking at the list of compatible bikes on the tacx site, the bikes all seem more of the upper range.

A couple of questions I have as I am an absolute beginner in this....

Will pretty much any road bike connect to the neo 2?
Is the safe option to buy an identical cassette which is currently connected to the bike to connect to the neo?
What are the real differences I will notice between a B'Twin £300 bike and a boardman/vitus/cannondale £550 bike?

I don't want to spend more than I have to on a bike which will remain connected to it but I also don't want to buy a poor bike which limits me a lot when using the trainer/zwift...

Any advice would be great. I'm finding myself sat at home for 2-3 hours a day whilst my kids have an afternoon nap with me desperate to do something productive rather than sit on a laptop reading about good exercises and not actually doing any!

Cheers

daniel_b

Personally I would look to go second hand, even frame only (and whack a few parts on it) but try and get geometry as close to your best bike as you can.

Get the same saddle too, or at least in the same shape/range.

Matthewfalle

yes
yes
none
exactly as above. you only need frame, forks, seat & seat post, stem, bars, pedals, cranks, chain and something to support the forks so anything will do.

MiddleRinger

Dave85 wrote:

Will pretty much any road bike connect to the neo 2?
Is the safe option to buy an identical cassette which is currently connected to the bike to connect to the neo?
What are the real differences I will notice between a B'Twin £300 bike and a boardman/vitus/cannondale £550 bike?

1) Yes, although some TT frames with skinny chainstays do struggle.

2) Yes.

3) Nothing. Get something that you can replicate your road position on.

The Tacx NEO is awesome, you won't regret it.

dannbodge

Specialized Allez.
£150-300 on eBay second hand with Tiagra 4600.

Depending on what bike you currently ride outside, you may want to size down to give more flexibility with set-up.

Done.

Dave85

Thanks for all the replies.

Now to wait for my cycling membership card to get the 10% off the neo

Matthewfalle

Dannbodge wrote:

Specialized Allez.
£150-300 on eBay second hand with Tiagra 4600.

Depending on what bike you currently ride outside, you may want to size down to give more flexibility with set-up.

Done.

no need to spend that much. anything will do. i used to used an old Gitane from the dump scrubbed spotless with setpost held in by a self tapper as the built in clamp was broken.

#retrouplift

daniel_b

Dave85 wrote:

Thanks for all the replies.

Now to wait for my cycling membership card to get the 10% off the neo

Where are you planning to buy from Dave, and Neo or Neo 2?

Dave85

Daniel B wrote:

Dave85 wrote:

Thanks for all the replies.

Now to wait for my cycling membership card to get the 10% off the neo

Where are you planning to buy from Dave, and Neo or Neo 2?

Neo 2 from halfords.

British Cycling membership = 10% off so that's down to £942.71 and then my work offer a 10% off prepaid halfords card so I can get that for just under £850.