BikeHQBot
If this crawler showed up in your logs, this page says what it is, what it reads, and how to reach the person running it.
What it is
BikeHQ is a free Canadian bike site. The crawler brings in event dates from public event information on the web.
How it identifies itself
Every request carries this user agent:
BikeHQBot/1.0 (+https://bikehq.ca/bot; developer at bikehq dot ca)
What it reads
Once a month, public event information on the web. It keeps the facts of each event and a link to the organizer. It does not keep descriptions, images or anything behind a login.
Once a month it also reads an event's own website: the page the organizer links, at most two more pages on the same site, and the site's terms. From them it keeps the start time, the start address, the distances, and links to the route map and the event's Facebook and Instagram pages. It never opens those links. It skips a site whose terms forbid automated reading.
It no longer reads bike shops. Reading their public product listings stopped on 30 September 2026, and the prices it kept are no longer on BikeHQ's servers.
How it behaves
- It reads
robots.txtfirst and follows it, includingCrawl-delay. - At most one request per second otherwise.
- A block stops it, and it never tries harder.
- It never logs in, never uses a proxy, never disguises itself.
How to reach me
Write to developer at bikehq dot ca or use the contact form. A person reads every message.
If you would rather not be read
Ask here. The crawler stops and your listings come down, without argument. A robots.txt rule for BikeHQBot stops the crawler without writing. It stops for good, but your listings stay up until you ask.