r/cycling vs r/bicycling

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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/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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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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Supported differences

Aspect	r/cycling	r/bicycling
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	Discussion of everything bicycle related. bikeit! bike bikes bicycle bicycles bicycling cycling	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…
Size r/cycling is larger in our directory.	1.5M members	1.2M members
Posting activity (our sample)	43.6/day	36.8/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 100%	text posts 34%, galleries 28%, images 25%
Allowed submission type (meta)	Text posts	Text or links
Selected 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.	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.

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.