There’s a bike community on Mastodon (and/or parts of the Fediverse that connect with Mastodon) and you can be a part of it.
It happens every Friday 4pm Pacific time. I often forget about it when it happens but read the posts later, and sometimes even reply. It’s a synchronous and asynchronous conversation, and it works fine that way.
Here’s an example of the post you’ll see each Friday:
Our community discussion #BikeNite starts in about an hour, at 4pm Pacific. I post cycle-y questions w/ Q1, Q2, Q3; if you answer w/ A1, A2, A3, etc, it’s easier to match.
Tag #BikeNite if you want your answer to be more discoverable; follow it to see questions & replies in your feed. Boost & reply to replies to keep the discussion going.
(You can follow BikeNiteQ tag so questions are easier to find, but you don’t need to include this in your answers)
And yeah, #BikeTooter is totally a hashtag I follow and use myself.
There are a ton of bike people on Mastodon and all the ones I’ve interacted with so far have been awesome and helpful. Hey there’s even a bot that posts pictures of all the beautiful people who ride bikes in Madison called @cyclists_of_msn (We need one for Milwaukee!)