- Tacx Neo
- Stages SB20
- Wattbike Atom Next Gen.
Throughout my research, they each have their own great features, as well as problems. Most comments / reviews I found are published quite some time ago, and I wonder if anyone who owns the latest model of any of them can share your experience?
A quick summary from what I found:
Tacx Neo
- Good:
- Good mounting solutions.
- Built-in display for basic info.
- Can work without power supply (but no "smart" features).
- Currently discounted to around £1,800.
- Concerns:
- Garmin customer support.
- Weak drive belt of the bike (broken belt seems to be a common issue in 2020).
- General build quality (early production issues?).
Stages SB20
- Good:
- Rock solid build (I like things well-built so a huge bonus for me).
- Super heavy commercial-grade flywheel (offers the most realistic ride feedback on the market).
- Real power-measuring
- Great mounting solutions.
- Currently discounted to around £2,250.
- Concerns:
- Stages customer support if there's an issue (I've seen lots of comments about problems not getting responded / solved for weeks)
- Inaccurately-aligned flywheel upon delivery (seemd to happen quite often in 2020 deliveries).
- Shifting button issue (not working properly for some).
Wattbike Atom Next Gen.
- Good:
- Cheapest.
- Second gen. with some upgraded hardwares (to keep up with others).
- Comes with TT extension.
- Rather solid build (only behind Stages SB20).
- Concerns:
- Quality control (this is a bit tricky as most comments I found complainning about things not working all sent them back immediately so no idea how customer service deals with the problems)
- Sluggish virtual gear changes and app support issues.
- Common issue with ERG mode.
- Seems like quite a few former owners ended up selling them and switched to competitor's offering - why?
Note: Whoo Kickr Bike is out of equation due to 1) Price. 2) I'm not too bothered with its grade simulation feature and feel it's just one more thing that could fail to worry about (though Wahoo customer service seems to be awesome from what I heard).
Would appreciate any feedback; cheers chaps.