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Garmin edge 830 no speed and distance with Tacx Neo 2T

pnr.dk
over 5 years ago

When I use Trainer Road with my Tacx Neo 2T and edge 830 I don't get any distance and speed, when disconnecting the Tacx from the computer there distance and speed are shown on edge 830. I have also tried connecting my Fenix 6 and it is working fine. Both the edge 830 and Fenix are connected with Ant+ to power and speed and cadance. The computer are connected with Bluetooth. 

Anyone know how I get distance shown on my Edge?

Thanks very much in advance

  • +1 over 5 years ago

    Start riding on the Neo.  Make sure the Edge unit is paired correctly to the Neo.  Go into the sensor details and make sure the wheel size is set to a sensible number.  Look at a speed data field and see if you are getting a speed value.

    Be aware though that speed and distance data are irrelevant when using a turbo so it doesn't matter that much if you don't get those numbers.  You can do the exact same workout with different gears on the bike and have different speed/distance data but the effect on you will be the same as Trainerroad will make sure the power required by you is the same whatever gear the bike is in.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Wongataa

    Thanks very much for your reply!
    I know that it has no impact on the power, but I like the distance for my statistic ;-)
    The Edge is set to automatic in wheel size, and as I mentioned it is working fine when the trainer is disconnected from the computer or I am using Ant+ on the computer. I know that bluetooth can only be connected to on device at a time, that is why I am using Ant+ on the Garmin devices. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to pnr.dk

    Try setting the wheel size for the Neo to a specific number, not automatic, on the Edge.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to pnr.dk

    I might ride my road bike for 1 hr and go 18 miles and I might ride my mtb with an equivalent level of effort and go 8 miles.  I ride the trainer with an equivalent effort and it's zero miles.   Miles is not a good measure of fitness accomplishment.  Keeping track of actual outdoor miles can be legit, but adding in trainer miles is not, IMO.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to looigi

    It’s not an indication of relative effort but I’d much rather my workouts showed something rather than nothing so I’d be frustrated if I got zero mileage when logging rides on my trainer. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to jgforrest

    I suggest using hours rather than miles.  For me, 1 hr on road bike, 1 hr on the mtb, and 1 hr on the trainer are roughly equivalent accomplishments, despite the mileage be 18, 8 and 0 respectively.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to looigi

    Yes but that isn’t the question the OP asked. 

    so to the OP I’d suggest making 100% sure the sensors are definitely connected by ANT+ by deleting and re-pairing and making sure a sensor ID is shown and not a name as the behaviour described sounds like it’s a BT connection. Especially likely if paired on an older firmware which used to show BT first.