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I use a Garmin FLux 2 and have had it for almost 2 years has a lot of
miles on it for sure my guess is around 5000. I am thinking of upgrading
to the Garmin Neo 2t. It is quite bit more advanced due to no belt drive
but here is the report from Garmin

Because there is no physical drive belt to slip or change tension with temperature, the NEO 2T never requires calibration. You can completely
skip the 17-minute warm-ups and spin-down tests. Its power measurement
is permanently accurate within -#1% right out of the gate, ensuring your
speed and power metrics will never drift over a 2-month period like your
Flux 2 did.

Anyone here ever try or use one of these they are running $1100 now at
Garmin.
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Am Mon, 1 Jun 2026 16:13:55 -0500 schrieb Mark J cleary <mcleary08@comcast.net>:

I use a Garmin FLux 2 and have had it for almost 2 years has a lot of
miles on it for sure my guess is around 5000. I am thinking of upgrading
to the Garmin Neo 2t. It is quite bit more advanced due to no belt drive
but here is the report from Garmin

Because there is no physical drive belt to slip or change tension with >temperature, the NEO 2T never requires calibration. You can completely
skip the 17-minute warm-ups and spin-down tests. Its power measurement
is permanently accurate within -#1% right out of the gate, ensuring your >speed and power metrics will never drift over a 2-month period like your >Flux 2 did.

Anyone here ever try or use one of these they are running $1100 now at >Garmin.

We had a talk about our Neo 2T in 2024, in a thread about "direct
drive trainers" starting on Aug 27 19:00:17 2024 with msg-id <u9urcjljpediv7nqk9uuaovi02q3gb9rvk@4ax.com>.

I've done a bit more than 7000 km (~4.400 miles) in the last four
years on that trainer. I'm about to work out on it for about an
hour because of the rainy weather. Of course, I prefer riding
outdoors, and I covered about 12,000 km on my road bike during
that same period, including about 132 km of altitude gain.
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On 6/1/2026 5:13 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

I use a Garmin FLux 2 and have had it for almost 2 years has a lot of
miles on it for sure my guess is around 5000. I am thinking of upgrading
to the Garmin Neo 2t. It is quite bit more advanced due to no belt drive
but here is the report from Garmin

Because there is no physical drive belt to slip or change tension with temperature, the NEO 2T never requires calibration. You can completely
skip the 17-minute warm-ups and spin-down tests. Its power measurement
is permanently accurate within -#1% right out of the gate, ensuring your speed and power metrics will never drift over a 2-month period like your Flux 2 did.

Anyone here ever try or use one of these they are running $1100 now at Garmin.

I'm not sure where they're getting "17 minute warmup" unless they are comparing to traditional tire-loading trainers, and even then 5 to ten
minutes is the usual.

At any rate, It seems a bit over kill for what you need. I've been
training and zwift racing on a Wahoo Kickr for several years now, no
problems with any limitations or warm-ups. I've never had (or even heard
of) any issues with belt slippage - you'd probably need to be able to
generate 2 KW to see anything like that.

Save yourself a few bucks: https://www.wahoofitness.com/devices/indoor-cycling/bike-trainers/kickr-core-2-buy
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