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  • February 18, 2016 at 9:15 am #25390
    antonio

    Hi, looking to upgrade from my Tacx  flow to the Smart Vortex but after trawling through lots of reviews, Tacx products, I can find no mention or reference to the ability to register cadence. A screen shot of the tablet on the ads appears to have a cadence box. Looking at whats in the box, contents etc, again no mention of a cadence adaptor. Can anyone throw some light on this? 

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  • February 19, 2016 at 2:10 pm #867039
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    rct

    The Vortex estimates cadence

    The Vortex estimates cadence (pretty well though), but I fitted a Garmin cadence sensor as well to use with the Trainer Road software.

    February 18, 2016 at 7:28 pm #867037
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    antonio

    Thanks for the replies, I

    Thanks for the replies, I should have added I wil be using the trainer with an android tablet which is equipped with stuff I can’t get my head round (numpty with high tech) stuff like lollipop, whatever that is though I believe the tacx app should be compatable. 

    February 18, 2016 at 1:20 pm #867035
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    riotgibbon

    I assumed there was some kind

    I assumed there was some kind of sensor in the tripod somewhere – or magic!

    so, you definitely get cadence, but you could also get a seperate ant+ cadence sensor if you like, the ant+ receiver you’ll be needing will pick that up

    February 18, 2016 at 1:13 pm #867033
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    CXR94Di2

    It’s not the end of the world
    It’s not the end of the world, just get a compatible cadence sensor for the crank. You are probably going to connect it to a pc and use Bkool or zwift etc. Make sure it’s Ant+ compliant.

    February 18, 2016 at 12:36 pm #867031
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    Windydog

    Likewise, I have the Vortex

    Likewise, I have the Vortex and it certainly shows Cadence within Zwift with a degree of accuracy.   There is no adaptor box in the setup though, how it does it?  I don’t know.

    February 18, 2016 at 12:09 pm #867029
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    riotgibbon

    Hi Antonio,

    Hi Antonio,

    I’ve got the Tacx ProForm Vortex Smart T2180 (TdF edition!)  and it has cadence, power and speed all built in

    how accurate, I don’t know, but it’s all part of the magic tripod

     

    also, I got mine from here: http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/tacx-t2180-vortex-virtual-smart-trainer-246764

     

    it was cheap and super quick, I ordered it on Saturdy night, and and was turbo-ing on Wednesday – it was quicker from Germany to the UK than most Uk based suppliers …

     

    you might want a special training tyre as well, I burnt a couple out …

     

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