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) is oriented around: 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… Recent activity samples show 37 posts/day in recent samples (~34% text, ~28% gallery, ~25% image). Public rules we collected 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.. Directory metadata files it 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; collected snapshots can lag.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 22, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 636 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 9 communities on our cycling list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/wholesome (#867) and ahead of r/InstaCelebsGossip (#869) 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 2, 2026, r/bicycling climbed from 1,219,022 to 1,223,127 subscribers (+4.1K, +0.34%). That is about 93 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
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 1,223,127 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #868 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,105 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 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/theydidthemath (2.5M), r/minipainting (1.3M), r/copypasta (1.2M) and r/motorcycles (4.4M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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.