#Garmin tacx flux s smart trainer update#

After Wahoo came out with the KICKR and then Tacx came out with the NEO, Tacx popped out the Flux in 2016 at $899. Now, if you turn on the way-back machine, the original Flux was actually the first so-called “mid-range” direct drive trainer. More on that later.įor now, with that already a way-too-long introduction out of the way, let’s get right into it. Toss in another month in peak-COVID here in the Netherlands, after UPS managed to destroy one, and we find ourselves here in July 2020 with a large number of rides under my belt.ĭon’t worry, if you’ve got a Flux 2 of any sort, I’ll explain how exactly to identify which one you have.

#Garmin tacx flux s smart trainer update#

That firmware update didn’t finally release until April 2020. This gave it more internal resistance power to handle all sorts of scenarios, but also set the stage for fixing the earlier accuracy issues I found. Well, many moon phases later, last summer in Aug 2019, Tacx semi-quietly revamped the internals to a new version (oft called the Tacx Flux 2.1). So much so that I even put a warning up on my previous Flux 2 announcement posts saying straight up ‘Do not buy’. It was around then that I got a unit, and it didn’t take long to determine it had legit road blocker issues, primarily with ERG mode and power accuracy horrifically off. See, while the Flux 2 was announced in July 2018, it didn’t actually start shipping till late December 2018, and wasn’t really available until early 2019. Wait, didn’t this trainer come out two years ago? And the answer to that is…sorta, but not exactly.