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? Loam also takes rides from Apple Health, Health Connect, or GPX and TCX files from a Garmin, Wahoo or Coros, and you can always type in the odometer. There's also a Bosch eBike connection (EU accounts) that supplies the odometer from the drive unit, while riding hours still come from your rides, never motor-on time.
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 and the Workshop
Riding gear gets tracked too: helmets, pads, goggles, gloves, apparel. Helmets have a lifespan, so there are age and post-crash reminders. The Workshop tracks your spares, fluids and cleaning stock, drawing stock down as you service and suggesting matching spares when you replace something.
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. Move a component to another bike and it carries its accumulated wear and full history with it, rather than resetting to new.
Suspension setup assistant
Fork and shock setup from your weight, travel and sag, giving you one clear change at a time, model-year aware. It stays on your phone.
Trip prep and calendar reminders
Give a trip its dates and bikes, and a "Before you leave" card lists what each bike needs by the day you go, at your own riding pace, with spares from your Workshop to pack. Fork, shock and dropper overhauls now remind you on the calendar date even if the bike sat in the shed. Each bike also gets its own torque sheet, and there's a sealant chart for fresh mounts and top-ups by wheel size.
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
Does Loam require a Strava account?
No. Strava is an optional data source, not a login. You can run everything manually by adding bikes and setting service dates yourself. Connecting Strava just automates the interval updates using your ride time and distance.
Where does my ride data go?
To your phone, and that's it. Loam reads your activities from Strava directly to your device. They're never sent to Loam's servers, shared, sold, or used for ads or AI. The optional backup is encrypted on your device before upload, so Loam stores only data it can't read.
What happens if I disconnect Strava?
Access is revoked, the token is removed from your device, and the Strava-derived ride data goes with it. Your own service log (what you've serviced and when) is kept.
Is it really free?
Yes, as of September 2026: the site's own wording is "free, no ads, no subscriptions, no locked features." It's funded by optional donations (there's a buy-me-a-beer and a PayPal link) and by affiliate links: when a part comes due, Loam can point you at that exact part in a partner shop and takes a small commission, at no extra cost to you. That's the only commercial element, it lives in the app, and nothing is paywalled. No account needed either, and it's available in seven languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Hebrew.
Loam Moto, the motorcycle version, is a separate app on a different model: 30-day free trial, then a one-off payment.
What about e-bikes without Bosch?
The Bosch eBike Flow connection supplies authoritative odometer totals from the drive unit (riding hours still come from your rides), though Bosch currently exposes that data sharing only to EU-region accounts. Any other e-bike works through Strava, Apple Health, Health Connect, GPX or TCX files, or manual odometer entries, and Loam keeps one bike record instead of creating duplicates. Health and file imports feed one source per bike, so a ride is never counted twice.
