Made by a bike shop, for bike shops

Online booking and service tools that bolt straight onto Lightspeed.

We built Velobench at Upstate Bicycle Works because Lightspeed never handled the customer-facing side of service. It handles booking, intake, waivers, reminders and texting, and runs alongside your POS, not on top of it.

See how it works
Built and used every day at Upstate Bicycle Works, our own shop in New York.

Lightspeed rings up the sale. These are the tools for everything around the repair.

Everything writes back to Lightspeed, so nobody types the same customer in twice.

Online Booking

Your shop's own booking page. Customers pick a service and a drop-off time, pay a deposit if you ask for one, and the job shows up in Lightspeed.

Service Follow-up Reminders

An email goes out when a bike is due, counted from its last service. You can change the timing for any customer from inside Lightspeed.

Digital Assessment Forms

Build your own intake checklist, open it from the Lightspeed work order, and snap photos of the bike as it came in. The customer gets a copy of the same checklist your mechanic works from.

Webchat

A chat box for your website. Set away hours and saved replies so people still hear back when everyone is at the stand.

Customer History & CRM

Purchases, past service, intake forms and waivers on one customer page. Customers can log in and see the same thing.

Shop Analytics

Sales by month, category, and year, side by side, so you can see what's moving and what's been sitting on the wall since spring before you reorder.

Two-Way SMS

Text from the work order. Send a photo of the worn chainring, a payment link, or let a status change send the update for you. Replies land in the same inbox as webchat.

What a busy Saturday in April looks like, with and without it.

Without Velobench

The queue lives on sticky notes and in one person's head.

  • Customers no-show because nobody confirmed the booking.
  • Mechanics chase parts mid-job; bikes sit in the bay for days.
  • Tune-up reminders are a sticky note on the monitor that nobody gets to.
  • Finding out how service did last month means exporting reports and building a spreadsheet.
With Velobench

Everyone on the floor can see the same queue.

  • Confirmation and reminder emails go out without anyone sending them.
  • Parts and labor are linked to the work order before drop-off.
  • The intake checklist turns up the worn chain and the cracked tire while the customer is still at the counter.
  • Last month's service and sales numbers are on the home screen when you log in.

How a repair moves through the shop.

Each step writes back to Lightspeed on its own, so the POS stays the record you already trust.

01

Book

The customer picks a service and a drop-off time on your booking page. The customer record is created in Lightspeed for you.

Online
02

Intake

At the counter: the waiver gets signed, the checklist filled in, a few photos taken, and the estimate goes on the work order.

Drop-off
03

Service

If the mechanic finds more work, the customer approves it before anyone turns a wrench.

Workshop
04

Follow-up

A ready-for-pickup message, a summary of what was done, and a reminder when the bike is due again.

Pickup

A booking page that writes straight into Lightspeed.

Your services, your prices, your open drop-off times, and a deposit if you want one. Customers see what a tune-up includes before they book it, so there's less explaining at the counter.

Tour the booking designer
velobench.com/book
Book ServiceUpstate Bicycle Works
Services
2Schedule
3Rider Details
4Confirm
Step 2 of 4
Schedule
Date *
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Time *
9:00 AM9:30 AM10:30 AM11:00 AM1:30 PM
Estimated PickupFri, Oct 18

Customers can look up their own bike's history.

Each customer gets a login to see past repairs, purchases, signed waivers and intake forms. Fewer calls asking what was done last time.

See the customer portal
portal.velobench.com/waivers
velobench portal
Signed Waivers
Jen Kowalski
Upstate Bicycle Works
Signed
Date signed: April 6, 2025
Roles: customer, guardian
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Jen Kowalski
Upstate Bicycle Works
Signed
Date signed: March 30, 2026
Roles: customer
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BikesWaiversAssessmentsPurchases

Compare this April to last April without a spreadsheet.

Sales and service by month, category and year, pulled from Lightspeed. Useful before a reorder, when you want to know what's been on the wall since spring.

See the analytics dashboard
app.velobench.com/summary
WorkspaceSummary
Sign out
Service BoardTotalsRevenueSales VolumeHeatmap
Due Today2Complete: 0%
Overdue4Complete: 0%
Total Tickets64Complete: 0%
Finished25Value: $1,037.21
Work orders by statusTotal 64
64work orders
Open2234%
Placeholder – Drop Off1422%
Needs Assessment69%
Waiting – Customer69%
Waiting – Parts Shipped69%
E-Bike Diagnosis46%
Parts – Need Ordering46%
Waiting23%
Expected income by due date
Next 14 days · $2,897.95 from 14 tickets
$1000$0May 23May 26May 29Jun 01Jun 04

Questions shops ask us.

Why Velobench instead of using Lightspeed alone?
We still use Lightspeed at Upstate for everything at the register. What it doesn't do is take bookings online, send a reminder when a bike is due, collect a signed waiver, or answer a chat on your website. Velobench does those things and writes the results back to Lightspeed, so you keep your POS and your data stays in it.
How long does account setup take?
Usually under ten minutes. You connect Lightspeed, fill in your shop details, and the booking page is ready. Your customers and products come over from Lightspeed, so there's nothing to import.
Does this integrate with Lightspeed?
Yes, it connects to Lightspeed Retail (R-Series). Customers and work orders made in Velobench show up in Lightspeed, and your Lightspeed customers, products and service history show up in Velobench.
Do I need to download the app and Chrome extensions?
No. Everything works in the browser. The Chrome extension is handy once you're set up: it puts notifications, webchat and texting in a panel next to Lightspeed so you don't have to switch tabs.

Fill the bench.
Quiet down the front counter.

Thirty minutes on a call with Daniel, who runs Upstate Bicycle Works. Tell him how you book and run service now and he'll show you what Velobench would change, and what it wouldn't.

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