Garmin Tacx Trainer Bluetooth Smart Connectivity
Garmin Tacx Trainer Full Trainer Recommendations

You can see it along the left side of my bike on the ground.

But as part of a consolidation of the budget non-smart trainer offerings, the company has decided to rebrand the Booster as the Boost, and thus the Booster lost its er.

With that speed sensor you can then pair it up to apps like Zwift or TrainerRoad ( among many others ) to ride in virtual or real worlds.

It wont automatically control your resistance, instead, you use a little lever to do that.

Garmin Tacx Trainer Full Trainer Recommendations

So if thats what youre after, Id hit up my full trainer recommendations guide.

But since trainers these days are a rare commodity, sometimes ya gotta work with what you can find (or, what fits into a budget).

Thus, well take a look at it from that angle to understand where it might work, and where you might want to look at something else.

As always, once Im done with it here, itll get shipped back down the street to them.

Or someone will just pick it up on their commute home, which is usually how it works.

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Probably even filled with the same packing foam snow that comes with many of their trainers, the Tacx Boost included.

While nothing will top GPLAMAs famed unboxing of the Tacx NEO Bike snow globe, the Tacx Boost left me contemplating ordering a small vacuum for the DCR Cave.

Garmin Tacx Trainer Bluetooth Smart Connectivity

This is the standard V2 version that includes dual ANT Bluetooth Smart connectivity.

For those unfamiliar, Garmin bought Tacx about two years ago, thus, the reason for the Garmin sensor inside.

But Id imagine the further it travels, the less ideal it becomes.

Foam is becoming more and more rare in trainer boxes these days, partly because its messy, but also because you cant really recycle it.

Elite, Saris, and Kinetic have all switched to full cardboard.

Wahoo hasnt yet, though their foam manages to keep its pants on (but still isnt recyclable).

They essentially increase or decrease the distance between the wheel and the resistance unit, which in turn will give proper resistance.

The rear wheel is required because if you put it on the front wheel, then the wheel wont spin while indoors.

If it does spin, then something is going horrifically wrong and youre probably en route to crashing into your TV or already through it.

The cable is protected in a stiff housing, so its pretty unlikely to manage to get caught in your wheel somehow.