Made by a bike shop, for bike shops

Online booking and service tools that bolt straight onto Lightspeed.

We built velobench in our own shop, because Lightspeed never handled the customer-facing side — online booking, digital intake, waivers, reminders, two-way texting. It runs alongside your POS, not on top of it.

See how it works
Online booking
Your own branded booking page. Customers pick a time; the request lands in Lightspeed.
Digital intake & waivers
Structured assessment forms and signable waivers, with condition photos attached.
Service reminders
Timed to the bike and its last service — not a generic quarterly blast.
Two-way texting
Reply, send a repair photo, or share a payment link straight from the work order.
Built and run on a real shop floor every day — not in a demo.
Inside velobench

Seven tools for the part Lightspeed leaves out: the service side of the shop.

From the first booking click to the reminder a year later — all in one place, all synced back to Lightspeed, so nobody on your team is re-keying the same customer into a second app.

Online Booking

A booking flow customers actually finish. Service tiers, drop-off windows, deposits — branded to your shop.

01Public & Embed

Service Follow-up Reminders

Set it and forget it. Automated service reminders timed to the bike, not the calendar quarter. Fully customizable, for each customer - right from Lightspeed.

02Per customer

Digital Assessment Forms

Create structured intake forms, launch from your primary service platform, add condition photos. Customers see the same checklist that drives the service process.

03With photos

Webchat

A live chat box on your website. Set away hours and canned answers so a visitor gets a reply even when the bench is slammed and nobody's at a screen.

04Unified inbox

Customer History & CRM

Every past purchase, service, assessment, and waiver in one place — and a portal you can share with the customer.

05Repeat customers

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.

06Sales & service

Two-Way SMS

Text customers straight from the work order — send repair photos, share a payment link, and let service automations send the right update at the right time. Every reply lands in the same unified inbox as your webchat.

07Work-order linked
A typical Saturday

Same rush, same Saturday — one shop just isn't fighting it.

Without velobench

Walk-ins, sticky notes, and a queue your team can't see.

  • Customers no-show because nobody confirmed the booking.
  • Mechanics chase parts mid-job; bikes sit in the bay for days.
  • Tune-up reminders happen "when we get to it" — which is never.
  • Owners wade through Lightspeed reports to find the information they need.
With velobench

One queue everyone can see, with every step already set up.

  • Booking confirmations and reminders fire automatically by email.
  • Parts and labor are linked to the work order before drop-off.
  • A standard assessment form catches the extra work before the bike's on the stand.
  • Owners get the numbers, on the home screen, before the till opens.
Start to finish

From the first click to the next reminder, it's one connected thread.

A single thread runs through the whole job. The booking creates the customer. The intake follows the bike through service. The finished service schedules the next reminder — and every step writes back to Lightspeed on its own.

01

Book

Customer selects a service tier and drop-off slot from your branded booking page.

Public flow
02

Intake

Signed waiver, assessment form complete, condition photos, and an itemized estimate — done at the counter in three minutes.

Drop-off
03

Service

Mechanic works through the service order. Any change-order needs a customer tap to proceed.

Workshop
04

Follow-up

Ready-for-pickup, review work completed, and the seasonal reminder six months out — fully automated.

Loyalty
Online Booking

A booking page wired right into Lightspeed.

Service tiers, real-time availability, and deposits — all branded to your shop. Customers know exactly what they're booking before they walk in the door, so far fewer carts get abandoned halfway through.

Tour the booking designer
shop.bike/service
Book ServiceThe Cyclery
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
Digital CRM

You can offer your customer full visibility into current and past interactions.

Your shop offers customers an individual portal into service work, purchases, service reminders, assessments, and waivers.

See the customer portal
portal.velobench.com/waivers
velobench portal
Signed Waivers
Joe Smith
Rouleur & Co.
Signed
Date signed: April 6, 2025
Roles: customer, guardian
Download PDF
Joe Smith
Rouleur & Co.
Signed
Date signed: March 30, 2026
Roles: customer
Download PDF
BikesWaiversAssessmentsPurchases
Shop Insights

See how the shop performed, side by side across months and categories.

The analytics dashboard surfaces trends in sales, service, and customer retention. Spot your best-selling categories, tighten up what you reorder, and see which months actually pay the bills.

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
Straight answers

What shops actually ask before signing up.

Why velobench instead of using Lightspeed alone?
Lightspeed is a great point of sale — but it was built to ring up a sale, not to run the service side of a bike shop. velobench layers on the things Lightspeed leaves out: a branded online booking page, automated service-reminder emails, digital waivers and assessment forms, and customer webchat. Everything syncs back to Lightspeed, so your team never double-enters a customer or a work order. You keep the POS you already trust and add the modern, customer-facing tools that turn a one-time repair into a repeat customer.
How long does account setup take?
Less than 10 minutes. Connect your Lightspeed account, confirm your shop details, and your branded booking page is live. There's no migration, no data import, and nothing to install on your computers to get started.
Does this integrate with Lightspeed?
Yes. velobench connects directly to your Lightspeed account and keeps both sides in sync. Customers and work orders created in velobench flow into Lightspeed, and your existing Lightspeed customers, products, and service history are available inside velobench — so your team works from one source of truth instead of re-keying the same booking twice.
Do I need to download the app and Chrome extensions?
No — velobench runs entirely in your browser, and everything works without installing anything. That said, the desktop app and Chrome extensions unlock the best experience: instant notifications, webchat and SMS right alongside Lightspeed, and one-click access to bookings and work orders from any tab. Most shops start in the browser and add the extensions once they're hooked.

Fill the bench.
Quiet down the front counter.

A thirty-minute demo with someone who's actually run a shop. We'll look at how you book and run service today, show you where velobench fits, and answer anything — no script, no pressure.

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