Strava
6 posts
Same App, Ten Years Apart
Pedal Wrencher in 2015 and in 2026: identical product, zero shared code. What a decade of stack turnover actually bought, and what it didn't.
Sharing 100 Requests With Every User You Have
Strava's rate limit is per app, not per user. How that one detail shaped Pedal Wrencher: polling over webhooks, request budgets, and cooldowns.
Pedal Wrencher Is Back
Eleven years after launch and eight years after shutting it down, my Strava-powered bike maintenance tracker is live again at pedalwrencher.com.
Growing Pedal Wrencher
How I worked to grow pedal wrencher after the launch hype faded, with blogging, user education, profile and registration redesigns, and social media.
Pedal Wrencher: How Many Bikes Is Enough?
A quick data dive into pedal wrencher usage: how many bikes users register, how many keep the default maintenance alerts, and who the power users are.
Pedal Wrencher: 1000 Notifications Sent
A retrospective on the pedal wrencher side project at 1000 SMS notifications sent, covering what I learned about the tech stack and the business case.