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r/bicycling vs r/cycling

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Cycling discussion room vs bicycling community room

r/cycling describes itself as discussion of everything bicycle related. r/bicycling welcomes bicyclists of all skill levels, including people who don’t yet own a bike, and invites questions and local ride meetups.

In our directory, cycling is slightly larger (about 1.5M, rank #709) than bicycling (about 1.2M, rank #868). Activity samples are similar in volume (~44 vs ~37 posts/day). The real difference is format: cycling’s sample is entirely text posts, while bicycling’s mixes images, galleries, video and text. Our directory lists each among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles: cycling bans self-promotion, picture posts of your stuff, memes, surveys and AI content; bicycling asks members to focus on the bike rather than the rider’s appearance and bans spam and surveys.

  • Choose r/cycling for text questions and discussion — photos of your bike are not allowed there.
  • Choose r/bicycling to share bike photos and rides, or to ask beginner questions in a mixed-media feed.
  • Both are outside the current Top 100 and post at a similar daily pace in our sample.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/bicycling

bicycling

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…

Members
1.2M
7-day growth
+636
Posts/day
36.8
Directory rank
#868
Created
May 22, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 34%, galleries 28%, images 25%

Topics: Cycling

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • 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

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r/cycling

bikeit!

Discussion of everything bicycle related. bikeit! bike bikes bicycle bicycles bicycling cycling

Members
1.5M
7-day growth
+870
Posts/day
43.6
Directory rank
#709
Created
May 10, 2008
Submissions
Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Cycling

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • No Self Promotion
  • No Picture Posts of your Stuff
  • No Memes
  • No Surveys
  • Don't be a jerk. Be kind to each other.
  • No Racism/Hate Speech
  • No bots of any sort. No computer-generated responses. No AI content.

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Supported differences

Aspectr/bicyclingr/cycling
Public focus (from each community’s public description) 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… Discussion of everything bicycle related. bikeit! bike bikes bicycle bicycles bicycling cycling
Size
r/cycling is larger in our directory.
 1.2M members 1.5M members
Posting activity (our sample) 36.8/day 43.6/day
Common post types in our sample text posts 34%, galleries 28%, images 25% text posts 100%
Allowed submission type (meta) Text or links Text posts
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) 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. No Self Promotion; No Picture Posts of your Stuff; No Memes; No Surveys; Don't be a jerk. Be kind to each other.

What they share

  • Shared SubMouse topics: Cycling
  • Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

cycling short titles include: No Self Promotion; No Picture Posts of your Stuff; No Memes; No Surveys; Don’t be a jerk; No Racism/Hate Speech; No bots or AI content. Our sample is 100% text.

bicycling: 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; No Surveys. Our sample mixes galleries, images, video and text.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Short titles only. Mutual related-list links.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

Comparisons we prepared

Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: