r/BikeMechanics is a subreddit with 48k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses bike, tools, repair, shop, and brakes, and they frequently recommend/review e-bikes, drill, and torque wrench.
For everything related to the professional world of bike mechanics, bike shops, and the bike trade. If you are looking for help with bicycle repairs, please visit r/bikewrench.
If your post couldn't reasonably include "in the bike shop where I work" then there's a good chance it doesn't belong here.
Repair requests are pretty heavily modded and deleted, but aside from that, go for your lives! We aim to be a cool place to talk about the world of working with bikes.
Popular Themes in r/BikeMechanics
#1
Pain & Anger
: "The number of customer’s who treat us like a bike kennel is getting out of hand."
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What’s your day saver tool?"
1 post
#3
Advice Requests
: "Have you tried grease on your disc brakes?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/BikeMechanics
#1
Bike
: "DIY High Volume Bike Lock Update"
22 posts
#2
Tools
: "Made a spoke tension meter calibration tool"
19 posts
#3
Repair
11 posts
#4
Shop
: "New toolbox day for the home Shop"
9 posts
#5
Brakes
9 posts
#6
Brake
: "👏Check👏what👏bottle👏you👏are👏using👏before👏spraying👏"
7 posts
#7
Chain
: "“The previous owner said it needs a new Chain”"
7 posts
#8
Shimano
6 posts
#9
Ebike
6 posts
#10
Tool
: "What’s your day saver Tool?"
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/BikeMechanics
E-bikes
11 reviews
#1
Cannondale
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Giant
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Co-op
4.0★ from 1 review
Drill
5 reviews
#1
Vessel
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Makita
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
DeWalt
5.0★ from 1 review
Torque Wrench
3 reviews
#1
Ritchey
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Wera
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
PB Swiss
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/BikeMechanics
#1
Show and Tell
: "Alex Pretti"
40 posts
#2
Tool Talk
: "In response to the dude with the perfect foam cutouts… here’s my home tool “box”"
15 posts
#3
Tales from the workshop
: "The bike industry can go fuck itself."
14 posts
#4
DIY tools
: "We created an exploded coaster brake model to help educate our student volunteers at the CO-OP"
4 posts
#5
Bike shop business advice 🧑🔧
: "Potential 50% Tariff on all Bicycles and Frames"
2 posts
#6
Advanced Questions
: "Anybody remember what freehub body this hub takes?"
2 posts
#7
Tech Info
: "Watch for fakes, I was asked to put this on a customer's bike. Nope."
1 post
Member Growth in r/BikeMechanics
Yearly
+11k members(29.3%)
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Last updated: June 5, 2026