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Componentry vs Strava Gear Tracking

You have Strava. Your bike needs Componentry.

Strava knows your rides. It doesn't know your chain is at 85% wear, your brake pads are due, or that your Di2 battery will die on Thursday's ride. Componentry does — automatically, from the same rides you're already recording.

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Keep using Strava — everyone on this page does. Its built-in gear tracking is enough if you only want a passive odometer on your bike and components. Add Componentry when you want the maintenance layer: alerts before parts fail, service history, component swaps, battery tracking, and wear that reflects how you actually ride.

Where Strava works well

Strava's gear tracking is free, already on your phone, and better than it used to be: you can add individual components — brand, model, weight, install date — and each accumulates distance automatically from your rides. As a passive component odometer for a cyclist who wants zero extra apps, it's a reasonable starting point.

Where Componentry goes further

An odometer is not maintenance

Strava's components accumulate distance — and that's the whole feature. There are no maintenance alerts for bike components, no service intervals, and component management lives on the website only, not in the app. Componentry turns the same rides into service thresholds, alerts before failure, and a maintenance plan per component.

Wear that reflects how you actually ride

Strava counts kilometres; it treats all of them the same. Componentry calculates wear across distance, moving time, and elapsed duration, and enriches each activity with weather data. The same chain wears differently on a rainy commute than on a dry Sunday ride — your estimates should know that.

Electronic shifting batteries — the thing Strava ignores

Strava has no concept of a Di2, AXS, or EPS battery. Componentry tracks electronic shifting battery health alongside mechanical components and reminds you to charge based on your riding patterns. Know before it dies.

Component history that survives your decisions

Move your race wheels to the training bike? Swap a cassette? Strava components are pinned to one bike and a retired component can never be un-retired. Componentry tracks every transfer — when it was installed, on which bike, and total wear accumulated across all of them — plus full service history with notes.

Works with Wahoo, Garmin, and Hammerhead too

Strava only counts mileage recorded on Strava. Componentry connects directly to Strava, Wahoo, Garmin, and Hammerhead, so your component wear is calculated from wherever your rides actually land — in real time.

Componentry vs Strava: feature by feature

FeatureComponentryStrava
Component-level tracking
Web only, distance only
Multi-dimension wear (distance + time + duration)
Distance only
Weather-enriched wear calculation
Electronic shifting battery tracking
Wahoo integration
Garmin integration
Hammerhead integration
Native iOS app (App Store)
Native Android app (Play Store)
Web app
Maintenance alerts
Basic
Component swap tracking
Service history & notes
Multi-bike management
Indoor/outdoor wear differentiation
Bike fit measurements
Cost-per-distance analytics
Monthly pricing available
Purpose-built for maintenance

Pricing

FeatureComponentryStrava
Free tier
2-month free trial
Monthly
$4/month
$11.99/month
Annual
—
$79.99/year
No credit card required

Strava's gear tracking is free, and its $11.99/month subscription is priced around training and social features — not maintenance. Componentry at $4.00/month is the purpose-built maintenance layer Strava never built, and it works on top of your existing Strava account, not instead of it.

When Strava is the better choice

  • You want a passive distance counter on your bike and components, with zero extra apps and zero cost.
  • You don't service your own bike and don't want alerts, history, or scheduling — just a rough sense of mileage.

Switching is a 10-minute job

There is no data lock-in to fight. Connect your Strava, Wahoo, Garmin, or Hammerhead account, add your bikes, and log each component once with its current mileage. From that point every ride updates your components automatically — nothing to migrate, nothing to maintain by hand.

Frequently asked questions

Does Strava track bike components now?

Yes — you can add individual components on the Strava website and they accumulate distance per ride. What Strava doesn't do is alert you when a component needs service, track swaps between bikes, keep service history, or account for riding conditions.

Is Componentry a Strava replacement?

No. Componentry is the app you install after Strava — Strava records the rides, Componentry turns them into maintenance intelligence. Your Strava account stays exactly as it is.

Do I need a Strava subscription to use Componentry?

No. Componentry works with a free Strava account — and with Wahoo, Garmin, and Hammerhead accounts, with or without Strava.

What happens to my existing Strava gear mileage?

When you connect Strava, Componentry imports your bikes and activity history, so component wear starts from your real accumulated distance, not from zero.

Does Componentry track shoes or running gear?

No — Componentry is built for bikes and bike components. Strava's gear tracking remains the right tool for running shoes.

How much does Componentry cost?

$4.00/month after a 2-month free trial with no credit card required. Strava's gear tracking is free on any Strava plan.

Strava knows your miles. Componentry knows your bike.

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About this comparison

Feature and pricing information for other products was gathered from their public websites and app store listings, and was last verified on 18 August 2026. Products change — if something here is out of date, email hello@componentry.app and we will correct it.

ProBikeGarage, Strava, Geer, WatchMy.Bike, Velo Buddy, and Garmin are trademarks of their respective owners. Componentry is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them. Product names are used solely to identify the products being compared.

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