The Tacx Trainer Mat
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The Tacx Sweat Set
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Somehow I have to figure out how to put this together!
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More assembly: the Steerer Frame in its raw form.
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After a few hours of toil,
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The business end of the Fortius trainer.
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The Fortius motor brake
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The PowerBack unit
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Clamped in and ready to ride.
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As with most trainers, the Fortius uses an aluminum roller
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The front fork is clamped into the Steerer Frame
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Tacx's dedicated Trainer Tyre is longer wearing
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The rear skewer is securely held
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The Sweat Set's frame protector in situ,
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The rider's point-of-view while riding.
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Reaching the bottom of the Cauberg at the end of Amstel Gold.
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Part-way up the Col de Peyresourde -
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You can even select the weather conditions
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The scientific view of the Real Life Video
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The Fortius remembers your sessions and records all details
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The Menu view of the Catalyst program.
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The Catalyst program allows you to do timed sessions of variable resistance
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The Catalyst program about to start.
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The rider is counted down to the start in the Virtual Reality race.
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Before you start, you must enter your details (truthfully!),
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The Fortius Main Menu,
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Chasing opponents through the countryside in the VR race
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The Settings menu,
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The Real Life Video start screen.
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You can select from a number of different distances at the Fortius Velodrome.
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The crowd goes wild as Atkins flies around the boards.
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Out on the open road in the VR race.
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