Three building blocks
Every interval consists of a service action, a basis and a value:
- The service action says what to do: lube chain, check brake pads, fork service. Velopit has a catalogue, your own labels work too.
- The basis says what is counted: Mileage in kilometres, Time period in days or Operating hours.
- The value says how often: every 300 km, every 180 days, every 50 hours.
A component can have several intervals. A chain, say, "lube every 300 km" and "check stretch every 1,000 km".
What fills the interval
- Mileage and Operating hours fill up with every ride on the bike, via Strava or by hand.
- Time period fills up with the calendar. You need no rides for that. It is the basis for leased bike inspections or brake fluid.
From when it counts is shown on the interval under Counts from: the mileage, the hours or the date of the last service.
What a service does
When you log a service, the interval remembers the reading of that moment and starts over. The component's total mileage keeps running, it is not set to zero. The entry lands in the service book.
Where the suggestions come from
Parts that Velopit creates for you get default intervals: in the assistant for a new bike and under Complete stock build. A component you add yourself, by photo, AI import or Purchased, starts without intervals. Its page then shows the type's default under Maintenance as a suggestion, which you create with Adopt. For whole bikes there are curated maintenance plans, see Maintenance plans: adopting Velopit templates (in the Velopit wiki, after signing in). All values are suggestions. Adjust them to the way you ride.
Tip: Better a few intervals you take seriously than twenty you dismiss. Chain, brake pads, tyres and fork cover everyday riding for most people.