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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202628 issues · 73 checks

This review found 28 issues worth fixing on bike.com, 9 of them high impact, across 73 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.5 s1.6 sMay 23Nov 72.0 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 20262.4 s
May 30, 20262.3 s
Jun 6, 20262.2 s
Jun 13, 20262.3 s
Jun 20, 20262.2 s
Jun 27, 20262.2 s
Jul 4, 20262.3 s
Jul 11, 20262.2 s
Jul 18, 20262.2 s
Jul 25, 20262.2 s
Aug 1, 20262.2 s
Aug 8, 20262.0 s
Aug 15, 20261.8 s
Aug 22, 20261.8 s
Aug 29, 20261.7 s
Sep 5, 20261.7 s
Sep 12, 20261.7 s
Sep 19, 20261.8 s
Sep 26, 20261.9 s
Oct 3, 20261.9 s
Oct 10, 20262.0 s
Oct 17, 20261.9 s
Oct 24, 20261.9 s
Oct 31, 20262.0 s
Nov 7, 20262.0 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
350 ms145 msMay 23Oct 31326 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 2026194 ms
May 30, 2026180 ms
Jun 6, 2026184 ms
Jun 20, 2026200 ms
Jun 27, 2026203 ms
Jul 4, 2026191 ms
Jul 11, 2026190 ms
Jul 18, 2026172 ms
Jul 25, 2026169 ms
Aug 1, 2026193 ms
Aug 8, 2026193 ms
Aug 15, 2026196 ms
Aug 22, 2026201 ms
Aug 29, 2026204 ms
Sep 5, 2026213 ms
Sep 12, 2026222 ms
Sep 19, 2026237 ms
Sep 26, 2026244 ms
Oct 3, 2026266 ms
Oct 10, 2026278 ms
Oct 17, 2026313 ms
Oct 24, 2026313 ms
Oct 31, 2026326 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

One score from every part of this review. How it works

Full-page screenshot of bike.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. bike.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. bike.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. bike.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. bike.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. bike.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. bike.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. bike.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. bike.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

7 to fix59
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.5 s · 277 KiB

    About 277 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.1 s · 171 KiB

    6 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (171 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 59

    59/100

    Your mobile performance score is 59. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Improve image delivery

    450 ms · 410 KiB

    18 images could be 410 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 56 KiB

    About 56 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    350 ms

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 350 ms.

  • Main-thread work: 2.6 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 7 third-party services on the page

    7 third-party services load with your homepage (Affirm, Google/Doubleclick Ads and Shopify and others), adding 654 KiB and 466 ms of main-thread time.

  • 4 long tasks on the main thread

    4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 207 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    50 ms · 15 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 15 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.

  • Chained critical requests

    Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

  • Minify CSS

    4 KiB

    4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

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  • Server response: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

8 to fix100
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 10.8 s

    10.8 s

    Your largest element takes 10.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Sponsored Giveaway: Denago City 1 eBike”.

  • Time to Interactive: 10.9 s

    10.9 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 10.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.9 s

    3.9 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 6.0 s

    6.0 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 6.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 71% slower for real visitors

    +71%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 194 ms to 326 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user FCP: 1.9 s

    1.9 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 884 ms

    884 ms

    Real visitors wait 884 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 16% faster for real visitors

    -16%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 188 ms

    188 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 188 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix75
  • Page weight: 2.8 MB in 202 requests

    2.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.8 MB in 202 requests on a phone: images 1.0 MB (26), scripts 833 KiB (54) and other files 797 KiB (108). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image far larger than shown

    31 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example Screenshot_2026-07-29_at_4.15.34_PM_b6b52329-2f66-42b8-9411- at 1,200 px wide, shown at 342 px. Resized copies would save about 31 KiB.

  • About 0.8 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.81 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.81 g of CO₂e: 96.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 9397
  • Zoom is disabled

    The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.

  • 10 links without text

    10 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • 1 text element with low contrast

    1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 24 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 48 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 2 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10092
  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 84 internal links, 9 external

    The homepage links to 84 pages on bike.com and 9 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 145 characters

    Your meta description is 145 characters: “Bike.com is your independent source for electric bike news — covering new releases, industry trends, and everything hap…”.

  • Title: 47 characters

    Your title is a healthy 47 characters: “Electric Bike News, Reviews & Trends | Bike.com”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://bike.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, Organization and WebSite.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://bike.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)

    Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.

3 checks passed
  • AI answer engines may read the site

    Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (748 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://bike.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 31 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

7 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • Every page has an H1

    Each page we checked has a main headline.

  • No linked page is hidden from search

    None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

Google 96100
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    33 of 35 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

4 to fix50
  • No call to action on the first screen

    On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.

  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • No analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • No direct contact details

    No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.

  • No risk reducer

    No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.

  • About 626 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 626 words of visible text.

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  • 3 calls to action

    The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Subscribe” and “Contact”.

  • 4 short forms

    4 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Pinterest Tag and 1 more (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.

  • 18 cookies set on arrival

    18

    Opening the homepage sets 18 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • No consent tool detected

    No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.

  • 21 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 21 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at bike.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Apps on your store

No apps were seen in the code your storefront loads.

Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

E-commerce
Shopify
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Headquarters
Dallas

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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