# Loom Cycling — Chain Wax & Maintenance Log

> Chain Wax & Maintenance Log (iPhone/iPad app by Tom Haythorn.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/loom-cycling/id6803827770 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tom Haythorn](https://appshunter.io/developer/6785199057)
- Category: Sports, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2026-09-01
- Data updated: 2026-10-22

## What is Loom Cycling?

Most riders don't forget how to wax. They forget when they last did it.

Loom tracks your chain by distance rather than by feel. Every bike carries an odometer, and every wax event saves a snapshot of it. The distance since your last wax, how much of its expected life you have used, and whether you are overdue all come out of those two numbers.

IT LEARNS YOUR INTERVAL
Loom starts at 186 miles for hot wax and 93 miles for drip lube. After two wax events it switches to a rolling average of your own history, so the number follows your roads and your weather rather than a figure off a bottle. It warns you at 80%, and again at 100%.

RIDES WITHOUT THE TYPING
Connect Apple Health and your cycling workouts become rides on their own — date and distance, nothing else. Strava is there if that is where your riding lives. Neither is required: type a distance and Loom works exactly as well with no connection at all.

MORE THAN THE CHAIN
Chains, tires, sealant and service run off the same odometer. Set an interval, log a change, and Loom counts the distance down.

TIRE PRESSURE
Tell Loom your weight, your tires and your roads, and it gives you a front and a rear pressure, each with a good range either side. It respects hookless rim limits and your tire's printed maximum, says what set the number, and saves setups to each bike. Road, gravel and cyclocross, in psi or bar.

ON THE HOME SCREEN
A widget carries wax life at a glance, so you find out in the kitchen rather than in the garage.

YOUR RIDING HISTORY IS YOURS
No account to create, no Loom server, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, and no tracking. What you log stays on your iPhone and, if you use iCloud, in your own private iCloud database — where Loom cannot read it either. Apple Health and Strava are optional and read-only; Loom never writes anything back to either.

ALL OF IT, FREE
Every part of Loom is free: as many bikes as you own, automatic ride import from Apple Health or Strava, component tracking, the tire pressure calculator, the widget, and the full Statistics tab — averages, the timeline, which product lasted longest, and when the next wax is due. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads.

Privacy Policy: https://loomwax.ridetogether.io/privacy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Loom Pro | $6.99 | per year |


## Is Loom Cycling safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Loom Cycling.

## Is Loom Cycling legit?

Loom Cycling has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Loom Cycling is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4.0 — 2026-10-09

New: a tyre pressure calculator for road, gravel and cyclocross. Enter your weight and your tyres, and Loom gives you front and rear pressures with a good range, respects hookless and tyre limits, and saves setups to each bike. Open it from the new Tyre Pressure tile, or from any bike's page. Free, like the rest of Loom.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-04

Loom has a new chain waxing tutorial: step-by-step guides for your first wax on a new chain and for every re-wax after it. The bike page is reworked, with your wax and ride history on it, and Wax Now lets you set how long you expect each wax to last. Loom Wax is coming soon to order from inside the app.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-10-03

Loom is now completely free. Unlimited bikes, automatic ride import from Apple Health and Strava, and the full Statistics tab are open to everyone — no subscription and no in-app purchases.

Loom also has a new look: an ink-and-stone palette, a new typeface for the numbers, and a new app icon.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-14

Chain rotation. Loom now tracks several chains per bike — each with its own distance and its own wax history — so a chain waiting in the drawer stays exactly where it left off while another one rides. Swap between them in two taps, or wax a whole batch in one sitting.

The app has also been restyled to Loom's new navy-and-ivory look, and Strava's official "Powered by Strava" mark now appears wherever Loom names Strava. This release also corrects the subscription wording on Loom's App Store page, which quoted a price in a currency most riders are not charged in.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-01

No release notes.

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