1. A method for tracking the usage of bicycling equipment for determining whether the bicycling equipment should be replaced using a computer web-based platform, the platform having a database server with a database of users registered with the platform, the method comprising: generating a graphic user interface with a predefined listing of equipment from which a user may select one or more items of bicycling equipment; presenting, in the graphic user interface, at least one field associated with the user's selection of an item of bicycling equipment, the field relating to a value to be determined by the user for basing when the user will receive a warning message that the user's selected item of bicycling equipment is approaching a maximum usage distance and/or time for the item of bicycling equipment; and issuing the warning message to the user for the user's selected item of bicycling equipment based upon the value entered in the field.