Garmin Tacx Alpine Gradient Simulator Bicycle Trainer

Bring the climb indoors. Feel every grade.

Indoor training has always had one obvious gap: the road tilts, but the bike doesn’t. Garmin Tacx Alpine closes that gap. Mounted under your fork and paired with a compatible Tacx smart trainer, it physically lifts and lowers the front of your bike to match the virtual terrain, from a 25% wall down to a −10% descent. Your body settles into the same position it holds on a real climb, recruiting the same muscles and building the specific strength that carries over to the road.

Key Features

• Real gradient simulation: Raises and lowers the front of your bike to replicate grades from +25% to −10%, accurate to ±0.1%.

• Automatic grade changes: Responds in real time to virtual terrain in the Tacx Training app, Zwift, and other popular platforms, or set the grade yourself with the control panel.

• Interactive steering: A dynamic fork mount lets you steer by turning your handlebars in compatible apps.*

• Integrated motion base: Smooth, natural movement under you for a ride that feels connected.

• Quiet, stable platform: Built to stay planted whether you’re seated and grinding or out of the saddle and attacking.

• Simple setup: Step-by-step installation guidance in the Tacx Training app gets you riding fast.

Ride the Mountain, Not the Spreadsheet

Holding 300 watts on a flat trainer and holding 300 watts on a 10% grade are not the same effort. Your hip angle closes, your weight shifts rearward, and your glutes and lower back take on more of the work. Tacx Alpine puts you in that position, so your climbing sessions train the way you actually climb. Grade changes happen at up to 3% per second, fast enough to track punchy rollers and abrupt switchbacks without lag.

Climb Seated or Stand and Hammer

Alpine is engineered for stability first. Whether you’re spinning steadily up a long alpine pass or standing to sprint over a short kicker, the platform stays composed. On descents, the front drops to as much as −10%, shifting your weight forward the way it would on a real downhill and adding a welcome dose of realism to the recovery between efforts.

Steer Your Ride

The dynamic fork mount rotates with your handlebars, translating real steering input into the virtual world in compatible apps. Choose your line through a corner, move around a group ride, or simply enjoy a more engaging, less static session.*

Train Your Way

Alpine integrates seamlessly with the Tacx Training app, Zwift, and other popular platforms over ANT+ and Bluetooth. Let the virtual course control the grade automatically, or take manual control from the control panel to dial in a specific gradient for targeted climbing intervals. An included voucher unlocks Tacx Training app Premium HD.

Compatibility

Tacx Alpine works exclusively with the following Tacx smart trainers:

• Tacx NEO 2T (retrofit kit included)
• Tacx NEO 3M
• Tacx Nēra

It accommodates road, gravel, and mountain bikes, with front axle adapters included for 9x100 quick release and 12x100, 15x100, and 15x110 (Boost) thru-axles.

In the Box

• Tacx Alpine gradient simulator with integrated motion base
• Front axle installation kit (quick release skewer; adapters for 9x100 QR and 12x100, 15x100, 15x110 thru-axle)
• NEO 2T retrofit kit (rotatable end caps for 130/135 x 5 mm QR and 142/148 x 12 mm thru-axle)
• Power cable
• Tacx Training app Premium HD subscription voucher
• Documentation

The Victory Bicycle Studio Difference

Adding gradient simulation changes how your body interacts with your bike, so your position matters even more. Our fit specialists can confirm your setup is dialed for long climbing sessions, and our team can walk you through trainer compatibility, installation, and app pairing so you’re riding on day one.