Store receipts, manuals, and photos

Documents lets you attach files to either a bike or a component
— receipts, warranty cards, service records, manuals, insurance
policies, photos. They live alongside the rest of your gear data
so you can find them when you need them, whether that's an
insurance claim, a warranty lookup, or proof of purchase.

The Documents overview page

Click Documents in the sidebar (or visit /documents) for a
single dashboard of every file across your garage:

• A storage usage bar at the top showing how much of your plan
  quota is in use.
• Files grouped by bike so you can see, per bike, the bike-level
  documents and the documents attached to its components.
• Filtering by document type (Receipt, Manual, Warranty, etc.).
• An Upload button that lets you attach a new file to any bike
  or component you own.

Use this when you can't remember exactly which bike or component
you filed something against — the overview surfaces everything in
one place.

Plan availability

Document storage is available on every plan. Steel (free) covers up
to 5 documents in total; Alloy and Carbon lift the count limit and
give you a larger storage allowance.

The usage bar on the Documents page tells you live where you stand
against the cap. See Subscription plans
for the full comparison.

Where to upload

Three entry points, all backed by the same storage:

• Documents → Upload — pick the bike or component on the way
  in. Best when you're filing a batch of paperwork.
• Bike → Documents tab — file is attached to the bike (great
  for purchase receipts, registration docs, frame insurance).
• Component → Documents tab — file is attached to the
  component (great for the manual of a power meter, the warranty
  card on a wheelset, the receipt for a chain).

Component-level documents follow the component if you transfer it
to another bike, and they show up under the destination bike on
the overview page automatically.

Supported files

• Formats — PDF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, DOC, DOCX.
• Max size per file — 50 MB.

The upload flow validates both before it accepts the file.

What to track per file

When you upload, you can fill in:

• Name — a short label.
• Type — Warranty, Manual, Receipt, Invoice, Service Record,
  Photo, Insurance, or Other. Used for filtering and icons.
• Description — free text.
• Document date — when the document was issued (purchase date
  for a receipt, service date for a service record).
• Expiry date — for warranty / insurance, so the system can
  warn you before it lapses.

Type, description, document date, and expiry are optional but make
the file far easier to find later.

Prove a purchase

A price you typed is a claim. A receipt behind it is proof, and a
documented bike sells for more. Wherever a price lives, you can
attach the receipt or invoice that backs it:

• Component purchase price — on the component page and in the
  edit form, under the price.
• Bike purchase price — on the bike page and in the edit form.
• Service cost — on each service record in the Service tab.

Click Attach receipt and either pick a receipt or invoice you
already uploaded, or upload a new one. One invoice can back several
parts: a single web-shop order with a dropper post and a shifter is
one file, linked to both. Once linked, the price shows a small
Receipt on file check; click it to open the document.

Two things happen automatically:

• A receipt or invoice you uploaded to a component or bike already
  counts as proof for that item's purchase price. Nothing to re-link.
• Only the Receipt and Invoice types count. A manual or
  warranty card attached to a part is not proof of purchase.

Service records have no files of their own, so for a shop invoice
upload it to the bike (or the part that was fitted) first, then link
it from the service row.

The Documents overview shows how many of your priced items have
a receipt behind them, and lists the ones that don't.

On your public bike page, a linked receipt shows only as a check
next to the component. The document itself is never public, and the
check appears even when you hide prices.

Expiry warnings

For warranties and insurance documents, set the Expiry date and
the system flags them automatically:

• Expiring soon — within 30 days of expiry.
• Expired — past the expiry date.

Especially useful for insurance policies and electronic-component
warranties (power meters, lights, e-bike batteries) where
forgetting the date is the whole problem.

Privacy

Documents are private to your account. They're never shown on your
public profile or in the public bike directory, even when the
bike or component they're attached to is published. The only way
someone else sees them is if you share the file directly outside
WatchMy.bike.

Tips

• Snap a photo of the bike's serial number when you add it. If
  it's ever stolen, you'll be glad you did.
• For any electronic component, save the warranty registration
  confirmation as a Warranty type with the expiry date — they're
  the longest-warranty parts and the easiest to lose track of.
• Receipts pair nicely with the cost field in
  Record a service — receipt
  for proof, cost field for the analytics.