What is Loam?
Loam is a maintenance tracker for mountain bikes and e-bikes. You add your bikes, and it counts down to the next service on each component: fork, shock, dropper, chain, cassette, brake pads and rotors, tires, bearings, headset, bottom bracket, wheels. Intervals come from manufacturer guidance (FOX, RockShox, Öhlins, SRAM, Shimano and others) and run against the hours and kilometres you actually ride, not a guess.
The Strava connection is what makes it hands-off. Connect it as a data source and Loam imports the time and distance from your own rides, so every part's countdown updates automatically. No Strava? It works fully in manual mode too. There's also a Bosch eBike connection (EU accounts) that pulls motor hours and odometer readings for e-bike wear.
It's free on iOS and Android, with no account required, and there's a companion web app for checking your garage from a desktop. The privacy setup is unusually strict for this category: ride data is read from Strava straight to your device and never touches Loam's servers. The optional cloud backup is encrypted on your phone before upload, restored with a recovery code you keep.
Key Features
Service intervals from real riding
Fork and shock service by ride hours, chain and cassette wear by distance (e-bike-aware), brake pads and rotors tracked front and rear separately, plus time-based checks on tires, bearings, and the rest.
Independent per-part clocks
Each component keeps its own history, and service tiers stay separate too: a fork lowers service doesn't reset the full-overhaul clock. Replace a chain today without pretending the fork was serviced. On a used bike, parts you know nothing about start as "unknown" rather than falsely fresh.
Automatic updates via Strava
Connect Strava once and your ride time and distance flow into the component countdowns. Disconnecting revokes access and removes the Strava-derived data, while your own service log stays.
The Kit Bag
Riding gear gets tracked too: helmets, pads, goggles, gloves. Helmets have a lifespan, so there are age and post-crash reminders, and you can build packing checklists for trips.
Costs and proof of service
Log what each part cost and Loam shows your running cost per kilometre. When you sell a bike, you can share a clean service record straight from the app.
Suspension setup history
A log of your tunes, so you can get back to a setting that worked.
Web app
Open your garage in any browser by entering the recovery code from your phone. It's zero-knowledge: everything is decrypted in the browser, so Loam's servers never see your data. No account, nothing to install.
Who It's For
- Mountain bikers who service by feel and find out the hard way that the fork was overdue
- E-bike riders, since motor-assisted mileage chews through drivetrains faster and Loam accounts for it
- Privacy-minded riders who want ride-based reminders without their data living on someone's server
