We brought in a taxc Neo smart bike during the early part of covid.
It was eye waveringly expensive to import onto the Island and we dithered initially. It worked out to be money very well spent though.
2 years of limited travel, then my other half going through chemo in 2022, its really been invaluable. She was able to use it periodically during treatments.
As long as we use the same peddles and saddle its a 5 second job to set up for either of us. I think we have ridden about 7 or 8 thousand KM each on it.
Ive used it to periodically race and train at climbing for ultra events (that were ultimately cancelled due to covid/health)
I think I did the Raid three times or there abouts on Tacx films prepping for TPR. FTP builders for both of us worked well. Ive enjoyed delving into the racing without the dangers of coming off the bike outside. Jo has enjoyed the community on group Zwift rides. We both work from home so can grab a quick ride during a lull in our responsibilities. We have only a few roads to physically ride on the Island (50sq km) so it's a mental escape from monotony.
It's been so well used that the floor below the bike is going to need replacing. Despite towels etc, the temp difference between the room and the crawl space below has meant the wood is rotting out!
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