Tacx Fortius Multiplayer Power Trainer

[Jeanc11]

Morning, i have a secondhand Tacx Fortius Multiplayer Power Trainer, is it worth something? All the components are there just software that needs to be updated. 

 

Regards,

Jean 

[pedal menace]

Trainer will be good as a standalone "roller" for the bike. The issue is:

This trainer is a smart trainer that can be fully controlled by a PC. BUT....it is not wireless (i.e. it connects to PC via cable). BUT...the only software as far as I know that supports this trainer is Tacx Trainer Software (TTS4). BUT....the issue is Tacx (now known as Garmin) disabled their servers where you had to register the software in order for it to work. They want to force you to go to their latest and greatest offerings. There used to be a hack in that if you used the software on a PC that had the same PC name as one that was previously registered - you could get it to work. With all this said - it will be a challenge to get it to work as a smart trainer again - but as a standalone roller - sure it will work fine. 

It's worth? A couple hundred buks maybe. Not sure. 

Edited October 12, 2021 by pedal menace