About r/bicycling
In its own words:
Two wheels, or three, sometimes one, but never more than twenty. Interested in riding a bicycle? We welcome bicyclists of all skill levels including those who don't yet own a bike. Ask us your questions or meetup with other redditors in your area for local rides. Happy cycling!
Community guide
r/bicycling (#868, about 1.2 million subscribers) — Two wheels, or three, sometimes one, but never more than twenty. Interested in riding a bicycle? We welcome bicyclists of all skill levels including those who don't yet own a bike. Ask us your questions or meetup… A recent sample averaged 37 posts a day (~34% text, ~28% gallery, ~25% image). Its public rules include: Remember the human.; Please participate without spamming; Be Nice Or Leave; We are Anti-Racist; Focus on the Bike's Physical Appearance, not the Rider's Physical Appearance. It is listed under “Sports”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Match posts to: Remember the human.; Please participate without spamming; Be Nice Or Leave; We are Anti-Racist.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change.
The community was created on May 22, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 577 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 9 communities on our cycling list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/InstaCelebsGossip (#868) and ahead of r/homegym (#870) in our ranking.
What sets r/bicycling apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (20:00 UTC) sees about 6.5× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/bicycling climbed from 1,219,022 to 1,223,704 subscribers (+4.7K, +0.38%). That is about 92 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/bicycling this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Best bike jersey everu/tcapri8705 · Nov 4 · image
- I just started riding at 41, and now I can't go a day without it.u/ComprehensiveOne5819 · Nov 1 · gallery
- Newbie at 56. Gifted this bike. Worth it to rehab back to life or should I just start new?u/Famous-Employment883 · Nov 1 · gallery
- We never ignored that mountain callu/OREISON_blue · Nov 5 · gallery
- Ukrainians' Strava rides be like (when the GPS doesn’t work during an air alert)u/NadiiaGrin · Nov 6 · gallery
- The best season to rideu/CookieRecent4519 · Nov 1 · gallery
- 2 bikes 2 years inu/cianse · Nov 2 · gallery
- How did I do? My friend says I ripped myself off for what I paid and could have got something better for the price or ordered the parts myself and did the work for “way cheaper.”u/Beneficial-Wrap6574 · Nov 6 · gallery
- How Bad Are Cheap Chinese Bike Tyres?u/blorg · Nov 5 · video
- I love my new bikeu/Ok-Sprinkles-696 · Nov 4 · gallery
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/bicycling, from 2017 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Call for the arrest of the unlawful Gestapo, starting with Greg Bovinou/Aggravating_Plant101 · Jan 26, 2026 · image
- 2+ years of cycling and I'm still a happy idiot on a bikeu/midwestasallheck · Aug 14, 2022 · 50,258 points · 306 comments · image
- Some asshole driving in the bike laneu/Admiral_Catbar · Jan 20, 2017 · 31,850 points · 86 comments · link
- Hey y'all, a little under 200lbs gone forever in about a year, I have a 3x reddit Jersey, does anyone have a medium they are looking to swap,lolu/caytuex · Aug 31, 2017 · 30,425 points · 1,095 comments · image
- 4 years of cyclingu/guyverlord3 · Mar 12, 2021 · image
- Cycling helped me beat obesity... 4000 miles later...u/Ghigareda · Aug 22, 2017 · 21,732 points · 633 comments · image
- This year I biked every street in San Franciscou/magicrhinos · Jan 1, 2022 · 18,666 points · 535 comments · video
- Two milestones in one ride: fastest pace and first fall!!!u/jakada_imani · Jun 26, 2020 · image
- I bought my first bike one year ago todayu/midwestasallheck · Mar 25, 2021 · image
- The double-takeMay 18, 2017 · 13,931 points · 485 comments · image
What r/bicycling talks about
Across 286 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “bike”, “help”, “ride”, “cycling” and “good”. Other frequent themes are frame, looking, beginner, carbon, bought and seat. Recurring phrases include “cycling purchase”, “road bike”, “beginner bike” and “frame cracked”. By format, 34% are text posts, 28% are galleries and 25% are images.
Activity and best time to post
r/bicycling gets about 37 new posts a day. The public archive holds 476,205 posts and 5,723,725 comments in total, about 12.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (51 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (32). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/bicycling
The moderators of r/bicycling list 7 rules. In short:
- Remember the human.
- Please participate without spamming
- Be Nice Or Leave
- We are Anti-Racist
- Focus on the Bike's Physical Appearance, not the Rider's Physical Appearance.
- Please Note
- No Surveys
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/bicycling and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/bicycling?
r/bicycling has 1,223,704 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #869 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,682 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/bicycling created?
r/bicycling was created on May 22, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/bicycling still active?
Yes. r/bicycling gets about 37 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 476,205 posts and 5,723,725 comments. In a sample of 286 recent posts we counted 242 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/bicycling?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/bicycling?
The community describes itself as: “Two wheels, or three, sometimes one, but never more than twenty. Interested in riding a bicycle? We welcome bicyclists of all skill levels including those who don't yet own a bike. Ask us your questions or meetup with o…” Recent post titles often mention bike, help, ride, cycling and good. Most posts are text posts (34%).
Is r/bicycling SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/bicycling as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/bicycling?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/bicycling accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “Remember the human.”; “Please participate without spamming”; “Be Nice Or Leave”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/bicycling?
Communities with similar topics include r/cycling (1.5M), r/minipainting (1.3M) and r/3Dprinting (3.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/bicycling.