TACX Fortius Trainer Review

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 11:17 am

Introducing the TacX Fortius interactive trainer which allows you to train on your bike in various virtual locations to build your cycling endurance. The trainer comes with a powerful motor brake for giving resistance and virtual reality software to help create the situation you are riding in. The included software has 3 different versions called Atlantis, Olympus and Callisto.

The TacX Fortius interfaces with your computer to handle all the ride simulation programming. The virtual modes you can choose from include animated images, graphic training or actually cycling within live recorded video. The riders you will encounter in the virtual ride will have real movements. You can simulate racing, go for a leisurely spin or setup fitness specific training. If you want to race, you can decide where you want to race. Italy, France, Spain and Belgium are a few of the countries you can choose from.

–> Tacx Fortius Multiplayer Virtual Reality Trainer

Some of the data the TacX Fortius provides during the ride are speed, cadence, heart rate, distance, time and wind direction – just to name a few. You can select the type of race and the terrain you want to ride on. The resistance motor gives real-time feedback and the appropriate resistance when climbing uphill or cruising downhill. The motor simulates outdoor road riding very realistically and gives you the same feedback you’d experience while riding outside on the road with your bike.

You will encounter virtual images of other riders that seem almost real. The simulation even shows them getting up out of the saddle as well as spectators cheering and yelling!. Some will even provide you with sites of some spectacular crashes. You will see everything you would see in a real live race. Even including the time of day that you are riding. It can be sunny or cloudy, cool or warm.

If you want to skip the race scenarios and just ride for pleasure, you can choose the area you want to ride in. You will see different kinds of scenery and you will notice that when you ride faster, the scenery passes by much faster. It is all tied to the speed you are actually riding at. The virtual reality software allows you to imagine you are just about anywhere.

With the variety you can choose from with your Tacx Fortius, you will never get bored while cycling in your living room or your recreation room. You can travel to a different location whenever you want to. This allows you to stay in shape, and maintain your endurance even during those cold winter months when you can’t actually ride outside. Without a doubt this trainer is worth the money.

Here are a few of the main benefits of the TacX Fortius:

• You can train in the comfort of your home year round
• Virtual races with almost real competitors
• Beautiful scenes to make you feel like your really there
• Has various terrain choices for varying resistance levels

The Tacx Fortius is a great quality interactive trainer. It can be purchased for around $1499 at dependable biking stores. Minimum requirements for your PC for the software to run are as follows. You need a minimum of a Pentium IV processor. 1024 MB memory for XP and 2048 MB for Vista. You should have a Hard Disk space of 850 MB, a sound card and a graphics card as well as one free USB port.

This is a great trainer for your home. Now you don’t have to get out in the rain during the offseason or hit the gym’s stationary bike You now have multiple terrains and environments you can ride right in your own home!

Tacx Fortius Multiplayer Virtual Reality Trainer