TacX Fortius Trainer – Ride Virtually Anywhere!
The TacX Fortius Trainer is an indoor stationary cycling trainer that interfaces with your home computer to virtually simulate multiple scenarios or terrains while training. It is essentially an interactive training system that allows you to ride your own bike on the trainer in your house and is similar to what professional cyclists use to train in the offseason when training outside isn’t ideal due to the weather.
Using an indoor trainer like the TacX Fortius, it allows you to build your cycling endurance and speed without leaving your house! The electric load generator (or motorized resistance system) gives you the necessary rolling resistance to simulate what it would be like to ride out on the the open road with hills and other types of undulating terrain.
There are different training modes included with the software that range from easy scenic spinning to virtual race simulations against other computer generated riders. In the race mode, you will actually see the images of other riders in the peloton passing you or vice versa. For even more added realism, you may find yourself even avoiding an accident and it even includes the sounds of spectators and other riders just like you would experience if you were actually racing outdoors.
The computer provides multiple aspects of ride data including your average speed, wattage, heart rate and of course distance. The main reason cyclists choose indoor trainers such as the Tacx Fortius is to allow you to train year round regardless of what the weather is doing outside – nobody wants to ride in the snow or rain! Using this system during the off-season, you can be assured that you will be ready when the race season comes around.
Most professional cyclists utilize a stationary trainer system such as this in order to warm-up before races or to obviously kepe at the top of their cycling fitness during the off-season. However, even if you have no intention of becoming a professional cyclist, it is just a great way to stay in shape and add some variety to the traditional stationary bike you would find in most fitness clubs.
Check out the TacX Fortius Review on the iWillNotBonk Ironman Triathlon Training Blog and become a higher performance cyclist today!
