What it is for
You sell or give away a bike. With Hand over bike the new owner gets the bike in their Velopit account: with components, mileage and the whole service history. They simply continue the service book. This works on every plan.
How to hand over a bike
- Open the bike page, tab Details. At the bottom you find Hand over bike. Tap Hand over.
- Choose what else goes along: Service intervals and Photos and documents.
- Tap Create link.
- Send the link to the new owner with Copy link or Share. If they stand next to you, they scan the QR code.
The link is valid for 14 days. As long as nobody has accepted, you take it back with Withdraw. There is only ever one link per bike.
Show link is only available on the device where you created the link. On another device you withdraw it and create a new one.
Caution: Anyone with the link can take the bike over. Give it to the new owner only.
What goes along
- Always: service entries, mounted components with their mileage, the frame number and the bike's details.
- With the Service intervals box ticked: your service plan for the components.
- With the Photos and documents box ticked: all photos and all documents you filed with the bike and its components, including the purchase receipt. Plus purchase date, dealer and warranty.
- Never: costs, notes, the invoices attached to your service entries, workshop advice, your rides and your setup.
Caution: Both boxes are ticked when you open the sheet. A purchase receipt often shows your name, your address and the price. If it should not go along, untick Photos and documents or delete the document first.
Parts in your inventory stay with you.
How the new owner takes over
They open the link and see brand, model, mileage and the number of entries. Then they sign in or create a free account and tap Take over bike. After that the bike is in their garage. This also works when their plan would not allow another bike. After that the bike counts towards their bikes. They can add another bike only when their plan still has room for it.
The bike arrives without a Strava link. The new owner links it themselves, as described under Connect Strava (in the Velopit wiki, after signing in).
What happens on your side
Once the new owner accepts, the handover is complete. It cannot be taken back.
- The bike leaves your garage, together with its mounted and archived components.
- Shared service book links of this bike are revoked.
- Your rides stay in your statistics.
- You get a notification if you allowed notifications.
Under Profile → Bikes handed over you find your record: the service book as it was at the handover, with the frame number in full. You can read it and remove it with Delete record, but not change it.
Tip: Before the sale, a shared service book is enough for an interested buyer. Send the handover link only once the sale is agreed. More under Sharing the service book.