Thank you for the replies, I am considering buying one rather than DIY, so I was wondering if the extra £150 for the fore/aft movement was worth it.
I’ll probably go for the more expensive one. Currently looking at the Turbo Rocks Real Plate react and the Omnirocker. Both priced the same but the Turbo Rocks is a slightly different design and a slightly smaller footprint.
I have a rocker plate arriving next week, once I’ve had a few rides on it and got it set up properly I’ll update here, in case it helps anyone.
I swapped my stock Ultegra Di2 rear mech for the clutched version, and no more banging. It was an easy swap too. If you pull a jockey wheel off, you don’t have to break the chain.
Love my Neo Smart too. Wish it moved more, but the Kickr Bike I had tended to make me seasick. 
Hence my concern for the Neo Rocker Gizmos. How many people that have then end up slamming into the front and back limits. Is it as distracting as it would seem to be?
Definitely is disconcerting to hit the limits on the Neo motion plates; it tends to tip the trainer. Only happens during a sprint; they tell you not to sprint in the instructions, but what am I going to do, take the plates off when I’m doing a workout with a sprint?
Watch the DC Rainmaker video - personally I very rarely sprint like that on a trainer.
So it helps reinforce, in my mind, DC’s rant that they are overpriced. You can’t have unlimited movement, but it seems that Wahoo saw what Tacx/Garmin did with those ‘plates’ and ripped it out of the park with their Moven system for the Kickr. Ouch…
I guess I do like the idea of the Tacx ‘plates’, but haven’t bought into that because it seems like it’s just not ready for primetime. If they were $99.99, okay… $199.99, I’d pause, but maybe get them, but $299.99? And hard stops in a relatively short distance? Wow…
I use my Neo Smart (as soon as I get clearance) almost continuously, but have been thinking of mixing it up, but with such a cobbled/hobbled/pricey product? Looking at those ‘hedgehog’ things. I don’t think I can talk myself into a Wahoo Move trainer, but feel like I need to do something.
EDIT: The Kickr Move says 8 inches of movement, and the Tacx plates say 2 inches. (Is it 2 inches forward and 2 inches back, for 4 inches total?) It looks like it has more than 2 inches of travel, but the Kickr Move looks like it’s just an insane amount of movement in comparison.
Those look great. I tried the E-Flex together with the new Zwift trainer but wasn’t really happy with either. Returned both, fixed my KICKR core, and I’m back on the hedgehog pods.
It’s been working wonders for my hamstring tendinopathy, but I’d love to give a slightly more stable solution on try. The hedgehogs definitely are a bit on the wobbly side.
For me it wasn’t SI pain but I developed proximal hamstring tendinopathy from too many and too long static trainer sessions. Tried the E-Flex system but finally settled on the $20 hedgehog pods from Amazon under my KICKR. Works great, hast lean and F/A movement and doesn’t irritate my tendons even on 2h+ rides.
I would strongly look at seat height. I had the same issue because my saddle was 5mm too high. Since lowering all my saddles (trainer, gravel and MTB bikes) I’ve had zero problems. This is coming from a guy who spends 16+ hours a week on the trainer for 4+ months straight.
Thanks for the suggestion. I have all my bikes fitted by a pro — including the one on the trainer, so I don’t think that was the issue.
But definitely a +1 for getting a fit if you run into problems.
Unless the fitting missed the mark. I had a fitting, and the fitter didn’t change anything on my bike. He said I had dialed it in really well, yet I continued to have lower back/hip flexor issues. I was going to head for a fitting the day of a Green Day concert, so I could get it done, and pick the bike up on the way back, but that didn’t work out (Covid).
For sure it’s a possibility that I’m not fitted correctly. That said, by now I’m about 90% recovered, did an Olympic Tri a couple of months ago, and will head out to a 70.3 this weekend. So far the PHT is not bothering me on either my road-or TT-bike. So fingers crossed.
That said, I’m not happy with my TT fit, but that’s more related to the cockpit than the saddle.
Are there any good aftermarket/third party solutions out there that mimic the Tacx Neo Motion Plates for an Elite Direto? I’ve seen people experiment with tennis balls, but generally want to move away from a big rocker plate.
Nothing quite that streamlined as the Tacx option. The closest I can think of is the TrainerTweaks rear rocker. It has the most cleaver and simple fore-aft motion design I’ve seen coupled with a rear-only lean rocker.
I built a rear wheel rocker plate a few years back - the plywood, vibration dampeners and rubber ball design. Its worked great with my Kickr Core and bike, with the front wheel of the bike resting in a simple riser block on top of a wooden block.
I’ve now picked up a Zwift Ride Frame which I intend to use for all indoor training. Has any one seen or can suggest a solution for the front foot of the Zwift Ride Frame, so that I can keep using the rear rocker. I suspect the front foot as it is won’t pivot very well with the rocking motion.
I’d use a similar riser with thick foam pad on top, to handle the moderate angles.
Thanks Chad. What I was thinking as an option, unless there was a more custom solution out there.
Ive been seeing several 3D printed extras designed for the Zwift ride. Check on the FB group page: Redirecting...
Im also considering this frame option and looking at those gadgets to use it with my rocker and kikr climb.
