Can you self-promote on r/bicycling?

Q: Can you self-promote on r/bicycling?

No rule mentions promotion. None of its rules mentions self-promotion. That is not permission: read every rule, say plainly that it's yours, and make the post useful on its own. Read 2026-09-26 from the community's own rules.

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Can you promote on r/bicycling?

No rule mentions promotion None of its rules mentions self-promotion. That is not permission: read every rule, say plainly that it's yours, and make the post useful on its own.

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All 7 rules of r/bicycling

Remember the human.
When you communicate here, all you see is a computer screen. When talking to someone you might want to ask yourself "Would I say it to the person's face?" or "Would I get jumped if I said this to a buddy?" Racism, sexism, bigotry, hate-speech, or anything similar won't be tolerated.
Please participate without spamming
You can see the rules in the reddiquitte, it's okay to have a website and post occasionally post articles, but it's not okay to *be* a website that uses reddit to reach people.
Be Nice Or Leave
In /r/bicycling, we have a very strict be-nice-or-leave policy. For some reason, being rude has become acceptable on the internet. That's not how we want this subreddit to be, so we will ban you without warning. If you want to appeal this ban, you will need to show that your behavior on this subreddit, and on other subreddits, is almost always positive contributions to make these forums a better place. Please take this rule very seriously.
We are Anti-Racist
Any posts that has to do with the race or related protests will be moderated using a similar criteria to the Bad Faith Participation rule that [r/BlackPeopleTwitter](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/) uses: [https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/wiki/bfp](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/wiki/bfp) and you will not get a warning before being banned. Those posts are also not the place for your jokes. We will still be banning for racism in any comment/post.
Focus on the Bike's Physical Appearance, not the Rider's Physical Appearance.
In /r/bicycling, we focus on the bike. While unsolicited compliments of someone's physical appearance may seem harmless, it dramatically distracts the point of the sub. This is a sub about bikes, not about beautiful people. While beautiful people often ride bikes, we want the focus to be about the bikes. Please keep it on topic, please *only* give compliments about the physical appearances of bikes, not people.
Please Note
Moderators can remove posts/threads as they see fit outside of the above rules.
No Surveys
Absolutely no surveys

What the written rules don't show

Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.

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