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Tacx Fortius Multiplayer Trainer
Product DescriptionFortius T-1940 Multiplayer is the most advanced, realistic Virtual Reality (VR) trainer available, using a maneuverable steering frame and powerful engine brake to simulate climbs and descents and generate a life-like cycling experience in your home.
User Reviews 
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Douglas J Doeren Date Reviewed: May 10, 2013 Strengths: Frame seams fine concept is good Weaknesses: Vary poor software vary poor sevice you spend far more time working on it verse riding it Bottom Line:
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Dad Date Reviewed: March 7, 2013 Strengths: Quite feature rich (if and when it works) Seems reasonably accurate in terms of power Weaknesses: TOTALLY sucky customer support. Probably not helped by the fact that they all seem to be Dutch and their English is sometimes not great Software crashes frequently Handlebar interface unit (T1932) is extremely poor at picking up heart rate Tacx are tight fisted and just plain mean when it comes to helping fix issues Bottom Line:
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T. Fenton
a Racer Date Reviewed: November 6, 2012 Strengths: With the Real Life Video you can ride some impressive virtual rides and keep the boredom down. Weaknesses: Along with the original one I purchased, I have been sent 2 replacements and none of them worked. I had calibration problems and the resistance unit would constantly lock up. I tried 3 different computers (one with XP and 2 with Win 7, 32 and 64 bit) and none of them worked, including a core i7 950 with a high end nVidia graphics card and 8 GB of ram. I coudn't get my money back either as they strung me along with replacement bits that the warranty expired. I did finally solve the problem though. I bought a computrainer. Never had a problem since and ErgVideos (3rd party software) are fantastic. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Similar Products Used: Computrainer, Cycleops Electronic (another huge failure)
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Magnus Andersen Date Reviewed: October 29, 2012 Strengths: Concept. Somebody else payed for it. Weaknesses: Unstable software Build quality Bottom Line: 
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bj Date Reviewed: October 18, 2012 Strengths: Hey...It's fun! Makes workouts a blast. I race against my buddy who I train with all summer and it is spot on. Weaknesses: a bit expensive and there is a learning curve to all the stuff it can do. But when i look out my window and it is raining or snowing and i can ride in sunny italy or france. I will take it! Bottom Line: 
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ryan34
a All Mountain Rider
from pleasant grove, utah, usa Date Reviewed: February 9, 2012 Strengths: Awesome product, takes the boredom out of using a trainer Weaknesses: Price Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anything with a climb Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1300.00 Purchased At: timp cycle Similar Products Used: Kinetic fluid trainer Bike Setup: Raleigh cx
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gordo
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver, BC, Canada Date Reviewed: December 13, 2011 Strengths: Keeps me motivated, wide variety of rides to choose from. The real life video's are fantastic. Weaknesses: If you don't have the power to maintain a speed of greater than 15 Km/hr on a climb grades over 10% get a little choppy. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1100.00 Purchased At: Modernbike Similar Products Used: N/A Bike Setup: Specialized s-works roubaix Campy chorus
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Roadrider1001
a Racer
from Illinois Date Reviewed: October 9, 2011 Strengths: Durable frame, really stable, videos are a good distraction when they work, virtual reality is fun when it works. Weaknesses: It absolutely will NOT work reliably!!! You truly have to be more of a computer tech then a cyclist to make this work (or you will be by the time you get it working). Customer service is non existent. The bug fixes don't help and suspiciously there is a new update every 6 weeks or so... Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: country road Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $1300.00 Purchased At: modern bike Similar Products Used: computrainer Bike Setup: Wilier Starship full Dura Ace
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Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada Date Reviewed: May 1, 2011 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1600.00 Purchased At: Campione Cycles
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bjorf
a Racer
from Montana, USA Date Reviewed: March 17, 2011 Strengths: Immersive, interesting, the real life videos are fun and excellent quality. The interface is reasonably good. You get to coast down hills, which is fun but pointless from a training point of view. Weaknesses: Reliability. These things are notorious for being probmematic. Tacx product support, at least in the US, is non-existant. The distributors and dealers don't really know anything about them, technically speaking. They are known to have problems with locking up beyond 450 to 500 watts, can be fussy to set up, resistance motors are prone to failure, cadence sensors are prone to failure, software updates almost always add as many problems and they fix. I ended up getting rid of mine after 3 months of exchanging parts and not doing a lot of training. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1200.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Cycleops, Computrainer
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s-worksalot
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada Date Reviewed: February 13, 2011 Strengths: If you can get it working properly, it does releive the bordom fo trainers. Very big IF you can get it workiing!! Weaknesses: Unless you are a computer expert, it is virtually impossible to have this product work as advertised. At best I would describe it as a early stage beta version. It is full of bugs and the support is non-existent. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: I-magic (green) Fortius Bike Setup:
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hugebee
a Racer
from Finleyville, PA., USA Date Reviewed: December 23, 2010 Strengths: Frame and hardware stand up to a beating. Weaknesses: The program to run it stinks. You'ld be well served to go read the forums but be prepared for a shock. It will take weeks to get through all the complaints that have been written there. The TTS 1,2,&3 all seem to share most of the same issues. Each time Tacx decides to rewrite the software they have the gull to charge more money for it. There seems to be alot of suckers buying too. I only purchased version 2 and decided not to buy anything else from this company again after trying to get help from their technical support. There are some people on the forums really pushing this thing, I don't understand what their motivation is, but bottom line this trainer does not work as stated and extreme caution should be used before you decide to buy. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $1300.00 Purchased At: local bike shop
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ognacy
a Racer
from Warsaw, Poland Date Reviewed: November 7, 2010 Strengths: The hardware seems robust. At least it works as it should. Brake unit can provide a good deal of resistance, and it can be controlled pretty easily. Weaknesses: The software is a joke. It is not just crappy, as the software that comes bundled with your laptop. It redefines instability. Worse yet, you are made to pay for the upgrades that supposedly fix the BUGS of the previous releases. This is daylight robbery, as the new software does not work much better. Read TacX forums and stay clear for another few years. The braking unit is pretty loud at high speeds - compared to other trainers. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anywhere Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: lbs Similar Products Used: Some previous TacX trainer, don't remember the name. Simpler and cheaper, and withstood 6 years of fairly regular riding. Bike Setup: Cannondale w/ XTR, Industry Nine wheels
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aruba
a Cross Country Rider
from Ottawa, Canada Date Reviewed: July 28, 2010 Strengths: Good construction quality. When it works, you get a good workout . Weaknesses: The software is horrendous bad from a user interface point of view. As someone in the software development business, I cannot believe how bad this is, it barely qualifies as a beta product, more like alpha. It is not intuitive, it has logic loops, and some of it just plain does not work. Also, the english translations are weak, compounding the negative user experience. Glitchy, glitchy, glitchy. This is basically an unfinished software product, so at times it just explodes for no reason. Do not buy this product unless you are relativley computer savy (and you will still be annoyed even if you are). Read the Fortius forums to get a sense of how bad it is. Heart monitor sensitivity is weak - you practically have to be lying on it to get regular readings. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Multiple O Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $1100.00 Purchased At: Award Cycle
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mofoki
a Racer
from Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,USA Date Reviewed: June 29, 2010 Strengths: Possibilities exist to get a challenging workout. Provides the data most serious cyclists would want to monitor progress. Weaknesses: Does not install easily. You take the trainer home, get it assembled and think you're going to ride but the software has glitches. So you need to work with support from a company on the other side of the planet and people that don't speak English well. Answers usually don't make sense. There is a Forum on the internet but it gets even more confusing from there because the recommendations always led to you becoming a computer whiz and doing things that can harm your expensive computer. By the way, having a expensive powerful computer doesn't change or improve the performance of the software. The TTS program is flawed, Tacx has admitted to this and is in the process of a re-write ( Version 3 ). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: The one I'm on Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $1400.00 Purchased At: Local Bike Shop Similar Products Used: The I-magic virtual reality trainer. I used this trainer for a little more than 4 years with little problems. Bike Setup: Eddy Merckx Race, Mix of Campy components.
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