Add planning docs for self-hosted cycling app

Planning output only; no application code yet.

Key findings driving the design:

- The Bryton Rider 650 has on-device Wi-Fi (Main Menu -> Data Sync) and
  uploads to Bryton's cloud with no phone and no Bryton Active app. Paired
  with the reverse-engineered Bryton cloud API — which returns the original
  unmodified FIT bytes — this makes ride sync fully hands-off, and higher
  fidelity than the current Strava route (Strava's API cannot return the
  original file, only smoothed streams).
- Build fresh rather than forking Endurain or FitTrackee; borrow Endurain's
  gear/component structure and strava-gear's retroactive time-ranged wear
  computation.
- PWA rather than a native iOS app: iOS 16.4+ gives home-screen PWAs real
  push notifications, which was the only thing that used to force native.

Docs:
  docs/PLAN.md       stack, schema, ingestion, auth, notifications, roadmap,
                     CI/CD, risks, verification
  docs/RESEARCH.md   Bryton cloud protocol, FIT library comparison,
                     maintenance intervals, geo services, Gitea gotchas
  docs/DECISIONS.md  decisions taken, alternatives rejected, rationale

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# bike-app
A self-hosted cycling app: syncs rides from a **Bryton Rider 650**, tracks mileage like Strava, and
adds a **spare-parts inventory** and a **maintenance record** with mileage-milestone reminders.
**Status: planning complete, no code written yet.**
## Why
Today the Rider 650 syncs over Bluetooth to the Bryton Active phone app, which forwards to Strava —
but Active has no background sync, so you have to remember to open the app. Research found a better
path that removes the phone entirely:
```
ride ends -> Rider 650 joins home Wi-Fi (Main Menu -> Data Sync)
-> uploads to Bryton cloud
-> this app's poller fetches the ORIGINAL FIT file
-> rides, wear tracking, and push reminders
```
That's also *higher fidelity* than the current route — Strava's API can only ever return smoothed
streams, never the original file.
## Docs
| File | What's in it |
|---|---|
| [`docs/PLAN.md`](docs/PLAN.md) | The full implementation plan: stack, schema, ingestion pipeline, auth, notifications, phased roadmap, CI/CD, risks, verification |
| [`docs/RESEARCH.md`](docs/RESEARCH.md) | Raw findings: the Bryton cloud protocol (endpoints, headers, auth), FIT library comparisons, maintenance interval tables, self-hostable geo services, Gitea Actions gotchas |
| [`docs/DECISIONS.md`](docs/DECISIONS.md) | Every decision taken, what was rejected, and why |
## Planned stack
Python 3.12 / FastAPI / SQLAlchemy async / PostgreSQL 16 + PostGIS, `procrastinate` for jobs,
SvelteKit static SPA as an installable PWA, MapLibre GL, all behind Caddy in Docker Compose.
Source control and CI in self-hosted Gitea with an act_runner on the same box.
Four containers in v1, under 2GB RAM.
## Next steps
1. **Verify on the Rider 650:** does `Main Menu -> Data Sync` upload *automatically* on joining
Wi-Fi, or only on manual trigger? This determines how completely the phone leaves the loop.
2. **Plug the 650 in over USB** and `ls -R` the mounted volume to confirm the real `.fit` path
(documented as `Bryton/Activities/`, but worth confirming).
3. **Grab a real `.fit` file** from it and run it through `fitdecode` — Bryton's encoder is not
Garmin's, and the schema should be checked against reality before it's written.
4. Then Phase 0: scaffolding and CI (see the roadmap in `docs/PLAN.md`).