Selling a bike? Hand it over with its record. The buyer gets the bike,
its components and the distance they've done in their own WatchMy.bike
account, so they keep tracking wear from where you left off instead of
starting at zero. You create a link or a QR code, they claim it.
Open Bike → Transfer. For a single component, open the component
and its Transfer tab.
Two kinds of transfer
| Hand over | Share as template | |
|---|---|---|
| For | Selling, or a shop handing a bike to a customer | Sharing a build someone can copy |
| Distance | Carries over | Starts at 0 km |
| Link | Works once, expires after 30 days | Reusable until you revoke it |
| Your copy | Retired or deleted when claimed (you choose) | Stays as it is |
A handover is the real thing: one physical bike can only carry its
kilometres into one garage. Once it's claimed, the same bike can't be
handed over again.
Hand over a bike
- Open the bike, go to Transfer and pick Hand over.
- Choose what happens to your copy when the buyer claims it:
- Retire mine: it moves to your retired bikes, read-only, with
its history intact. Your Strava activities stay yours. - Delete mine: it's removed from your garage.
- Retire mine: it moves to your retired bikes, read-only, with
- Optionally add the buyer's email. Only an account with that
email can claim it, and they get an email with the link. - Create link. Share it, or tap QR code and let the buyer scan
it with their phone camera at the handover.
Until the link is claimed you can Revoke it and nothing changes.
When it's claimed you get an email telling you who claimed it.
What the buyer gets
- The bike and every component installed on it, including
sub-components, with the distance so far on each. - Service intervals and when each was last done, so reminders pick
up where you left off. - Photos and public links (manual, shop page, review).
What stays with you: your Strava connection and activities, the
logbook, individual service history entries, documents and receipts,
purchase price and date, and your notes.
Claiming a transfer
The buyer opens the link or scans the QR code. They see the bike, its
components and the distance that comes with it, before signing up.
No account yet? They create a free one, go through the short setup,
and land back on the transfer to accept it.
After accepting, the bike is in their garage. From there they
link their own Strava bike (Bikes → Strava): the carried distance
stays, and their new activities add on top. Activities from before
the handover aren't added, so nothing is counted twice.
A buyer on the free plan who is already at the bike limit can still
accept. Nothing is lost; they'll be asked to upgrade or retire a bike
before adding more.
Transfer components on their own
Selling a wheelset or a fork? Components travel on their own too, but
uninstall them first: open the component, use Set status and
put it in storage. Then use its Transfer tab the same way. The
buyer gets it as an uninstalled component with its distance.
A component that is installed on a bike goes along when you hand over
that bike.
Share a build as a template
Share as template gives anyone with the link a copy of the bike
and its components to start from, at 0 km. Your bike isn't touched,
the link keeps working (you'll see how often it was claimed), and you
can revoke it at any time. Useful for a shop's standard setup, or
when a friend asks what exactly is on your bike.