Tacx launches new Neo Bike Plus smart bike

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Are subtle upgrades enough to convince you to make the ultimate indoor riding upgrade?

Garmin Tacx Neo Bike Plus
(Image credit: Garmin)

Today, Garmin-Tacx brings an updated smart bike - the Tacx Neo Bike Plus - to market, in a move which marks not only an update from a single company but also an acknowledgement of the ever-growing role of indoor training in the larger ecosystem. 

Years ago, you'd have taken an old bike and put it on a turbo trainer, or maybe rollers, and spent your time staring at a timer managing intervals or watching reruns of Paris-Roubaix on a DVD you found at the back of the video store. These days, the old bike on a turbo-trainer often still encapsulates the experience of riding indoors but now the turbo-trainer is smart and you ride in an immersive virtual world. There are even other people in the world to ride with. It's changed the whole ecosystem of cycling but it continues to grow and change every year. 

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Garmin Tacx Neo Bike Plus LED lighting
The virtual flywheel design, and everything it brings with it, hasn't changed in this update(Image credit: Garmin )
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Garmin Tacx Neo Bike Plus updated controls
While much of the cockpit hasn't changed, the controls now more closely mimic a traditional bike(Image credit: Garmin)
Josh Ross
Josh Ross

Josh hails from the Pacific Northwest of the United States but would prefer riding through the desert than the rain. He will happily talk for hours about the minutiae of cycling tech but also has an understanding that most people just want things to work. He is a road cyclist at heart and doesn't care much if those roads are paved, dirt, or digital. Although he rarely races, if you ask him to ride from sunrise to sunset the answer will be yes. Height: 5'9" Weight: 140 lb. Rides: Salsa Warbird, Cannondale CAAD9, Enve Melee, Look 795 Blade RS, Priority Continuum Onyx