Import Your Strava Gear in Minutes
Strava's built-in gear tracker is a great starting point. It tracks distance per bike, lets you add components, and shows you running totals. For a lot of riders, that's enough.
But sooner or later, most cyclists hit one of the same handful of walls:
Only one component of any type per bike. One chain. One cassette. One pair of tires. If you rotate waxed chains, run multiple wheelsets, or want to track front and rear tires separately, you can't.
Retired components disappear when replaced. Add a new chain and the old one vanishes from your visible list. Strava also can't bring retired components back.
No maintenance alerts. Strava tracks distance, but it never tells you when something is due for service.
Web-only component management. You can only add or edit components from a desktop browser — not in the Strava mobile app.
No transfers between bikes. Move a wheelset from your road bike to your gravel bike? You'd have to recreate it from scratch.
No service history log. No way to record "I waxed the chain on the 3rd," "rebled the brakes," "fitted new bar tape."
If you've felt any of those friction points, you're in the right place. WatchMy.bike picks up where Strava's gear tracking stops — and getting your existing setup across takes minutes, not hours.
What you get when you migrate
Unlimited components per bike, multiple per type. Two wheelsets. Five chains in rotation. Front and rear tires tracked separately. Spare parts in inventory before they're installed.
Real maintenance scheduling. Distance- and time-based alerts via push, email, or desktop notification.
Component history that survives swaps. Replace a chain at 15,000 km — the new chain starts at zero, the old one keeps its full record (it doesn't vanish), and the bike's odometer keeps climbing.
Move components between bikes. Transfer a wheelset, cassette, or whole drivetrain from one bike to another. The full history travels with it.
Public bike profiles. Custom URLs for every bike with full specs and photos. Share with friends, your bike club, or use it as a service-history page when you sell.
Your Strava distance, automatically. We pull your existing bike mileage straight from Strava as the starting odometer. You don't lose history.
Free tier. Three bikes, unlimited components, automatic Strava sync, public profiles. No credit card.
How the import works
Four options, depending on how much detail you want to bring across and how you like to work.
Option 1: One-click bike import (the fastest path)
When you connect your Strava account, WatchMy.bike detects your existing Strava bikes automatically. Click once and each Strava bike becomes a WatchMy.bike bike. The current Strava distance becomes your starting odometer. Done.
Stop here if you just want the bikes themselves and plan to add components yourself.
Option 2: Just chat — the easiest way to add components
WatchMy.bike has a built-in AI chat (/chat) that's available on every plan, including the free Steel tier. There's nothing to install — just open it and start typing.
For migration, this is the lowest-friction option:
- "Add my Trek Domane SL7 with Ultegra Di2 groupset, DT Swiss ARC 1100 wheels, and GP5000 tires." — done, in one sentence.
- "My chain is at 4,500 km, install date was January 12th." — distances and dates handled inline.
- "My Continental tires are at 3,200 km — retire them and add the new GP5000s I just installed." — two operations, one sentence.
You can also paste any spec list, forum post, or unstructured text and the chat will parse it into components for you to review before creating. Anything destructive (deletions, transfers) pauses for explicit confirmation in the UI before it runs.
This is by far the easiest way to add components and edit existing ones — especially on mobile, where typing in form fields gets old fast.
Option 3: Paste-to-import via the import wizard
Strava lists your components on each bike's gear page in a table — install date, distance, retired status, the lot.
- Open your Strava gear page in a browser (component management is web-only on Strava — that part is unavoidable).
- Select and copy your components.
- Paste them into our import wizard.
- Confirm.
Our AI parses what you pasted, recognises brands and models, uses your Strava install dates as install dates here, and creates the components attached to the right bikes. Distances come across too, so your chain wear counter doesn't restart from zero.
Most cyclists are fully migrated in well under five minutes — including the components Strava wouldn't let you track in the first place (second wheelsets, rotation chains, anything that needed a duplicate type slot).
Option 4: Connect your AI assistant via MCP
If you already use Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, or Gemini and want to manage your garage from inside those tools, our MCP integration lets you do exactly that. It's the same toolset as the in-app chat, just driven from your existing AI client. MCP integration.
This is the power-user option — it requires an AI subscription you already pay for, plus a few minutes of one-time setup. If that doesn't describe you, the in-app /chat (Option 2) does the same job with zero setup.
What about my ride history?
Your ride history stays on Strava. WatchMy.bike doesn't replace Strava — it sits alongside it.
After connecting your account:
New rides sync automatically via Strava webhooks, usually within seconds of upload.
Component distances update in real time after every ride.
A backup sync runs every six hours in case a webhook is missed.
Your existing ride history is read once on connection so your bikes start with their correct total distances.
You keep posting to Strava as normal. WatchMy.bike just listens.
Strava Gear vs WatchMy.bike: the real differences
| Feature | Strava Gear | WatchMy.bike |
|---|---|---|
| Components per bike | One per type | Unlimited, multiple per type |
| Multiple wheelsets per bike | Not supported | Yes |
| Chain rotation tracking | Not supported | Yes |
| Retired component history | Disappears when replaced | Preserved |
| Move components between bikes | Not supported | Yes — full history transfers |
| Maintenance alerts | None | Distance + time, push/email/desktop |
| Service history log | None | Yes |
| Manage components on mobile | Web-only | Yes — full mobile experience |
| Add/edit by chatting | None | Built-in AI chat on every plan |
| Public bike profile with custom URL | None | Yes, every plan |
| Photos per bike | One | 3–100 by plan |
| Cost tracking | None | Yes (Alloy+) |
| External AI assistant integration | None | MCP for Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini |
| Strava sync | Built-in (single platform) | Free tier |
For a deeper feature comparison across the whole tracker market, see WatchMy.bike vs alternatives or the 2026 roundup.
Common questions
Will I lose my Strava gear history?
No. Strava keeps everything you've added there. WatchMy.bike reads from it; we don't change anything on Strava's side.
Do I have to disconnect Strava's built-in gear tracking?
No. Both can coexist. Most riders eventually phase out the Strava side because WatchMy.bike replaces it completely, but there's no requirement.
What happens if I cancel WatchMy.bike later?
Your Strava data is untouched. Your WatchMy.bike data is exportable on Alloy and above. You're not locked in.
Is Strava required?
No. WatchMy.bike works in standalone mode — enter distances manually if you prefer. But if you're reading this page, you almost certainly want the sync, and it's free.
Which Strava plan do I need?
Any. Free Strava works fine. Summit is not required for our integration.
Can I import retired Strava components?
Yes — and unlike Strava, we don't make them disappear when you add a replacement. Retired components keep their full history visible.
Do I need a Claude or ChatGPT subscription to use the AI features?
No. The built-in /chat works on every plan, including the free Steel tier — no third-party AI subscription needed. The MCP integration is a separate option for users who already have a Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini subscription and want to work from those tools instead.