Tacx Neo Smart Bike Vs Kickr Bike

A smart bike is an indoor bike that has a built in resistance trainer.

Tacx neo smart bike vs kickr bike.

However the tacx bike comes in roughly a standard bike box whereas the kickr bike box is a bit larger. The biggest beast in fact coming in at a whopping 50 pounds 22 7kg the kickr bike flywheel is a mere 5 9kg and the wattbike atom s is 9 3kg. An important difference between the tacx neo smart and the wahoo kickr is the flywheel that simulates the resistance. By ryan jones last updated.

Ok your grandmother probably didn t have a bike trainer but my point is that this thing is intense in all of. The tacx neo bike however can simulate 125kg but that s sorta a different situation. The tacx neo 2 smart currently tops our round up of the best turbo trainers but there s not much to separate the neo 2 and the equally excellent wahoo kickr. The tacx neo 2t smart trainer is not your grandmother s indoor bike trainer stand.

The kickr is one of the easiest direct drive trainers to set up. It requires zero tools not even an allan key. The kickr bike sets up in slightly less time about 20 minutes for me whereas the tacx bike was closer to 30 minutes. The wahoo kickr has a physical flywheel that gives resistance.

The wattbike atom the stagesbike the tacx neo bike and the wahoo kickr bike. However despite being beastly it doesn t make much noise. Because of this the sound that both devices make is different. If you re a cyclist an indoor bike trainer is probably the best way to take your exercise indoors.

Tacx neo bike vs wahoo kickr bike vs wattbike atom. Over the past three winters i ve tested a couple dozen smart trainers and this winter i tested four smart bikes. The neo smart has a virtual flywheel which means that the resistance is computer controlled.