[nuker]

> Searching for “bicycle reviews” would give a far higher chance of finding what the user is after.

Nope. Google will still give you dumb reviews pages full of “Check price on Amazon” affiliate links. What works for me is adding “site:reddit.com” or “forum” to search.

[_rs]

Some communities have their own forums they use too, and I’ve only stumbled upon these by accident. It would be nice if there were an index somewhere that kept track of them.

[bagacrap]

did you actually try that query? I just got lots of relatively high quality review sites/periodicals. I say "relatively" because even industry stalwarts like Bicycling Magazine, which has been around in print and/or online form for decades, are ad-driven and far from unbiased. But if you trust Consumer Reports or NY Times more, they're on the first page too.

[nuker]

just tried. Got surprisingly sane results :) But what I said I experienced over last year for practically anything else than bikes, all electronics stuff was item one, item two, no real opinions or substance, and invariably "check price on Amazon" buttons.