GUIDES
Maintenance and ride-analysis guides for cyclists
Clear answers to the questions that come up when you really look after your bike: what wears out, when to check it and how to make use of your ride data.
Each guide answers the question first and then explains how Pedalytics, the cycling app in preparation, approaches it.
Component wear
What wears out a chain, cassette and brake pads, how to track every part individually and why inspecting beats relying on mileage alone.
Mechanical load vs. distance
Distance does not tell the whole story. What mechanical load is, which factors drive it (terrain, rain, mud and climbing) and how to use it to plan maintenance.
Maintenance tracking
What to record for every cleaning, lubrication, inspection and replacement, how to organise history by bike and by part and how to avoid maintenance coming too late.
Bike garage
Organise your bikes and their components: setups, spares, installations and removals, with a verified catalogue and a private copy that never rewrites your history.
Ride analysis
How to read power, heart rate, cadence, speed and elevation of a bike ride together, and what to do when your data is missing a sensor.
Strava and maintenance
What Strava knows about your bike and what it does not. How to link Strava gear to your real bikes so every ride arrives assigned and feeds maintenance tracking.
FIT files
What a FIT file is, what data a bike ride stores, how it differs from GPX and how to import it to analyse your rides and keep track of maintenance.
Preparing a ride
Before you set off: the plan, which bike fits best, what to check beforehand and what to look after afterwards, especially with rain, mud or lots of climbing.
Pedalytics is in preparation and cannot be downloaded or used yet. This guide explains the approach it is being built around. Meet Pedalytics