I sought out this question. Although I do actually have some reputation due to some involvement with one question, I'm not currently anticipating being very involved with this site. Still, this site may directly impact me.

Today, I saw a question ("What are the benefits of drop bars?") listed in the right sidebar of another site. I thought, "What are drop bars?" I saw the icon next to the question, and it was a box.

Had I seen an icon that looked like a bicycle, I would have had a good chance of just figuring it out, instead of needing to first load the question, and then have a good idea of what people are talking about (once I figured out this question was on the bicycle site).

Please try to make your icon represent the topic of your site (bicycles) in a clear and straightforward manner, rather than try to capture the essence of some emotion you hope to experience while using these contraptions, as beloved as they may be. That way, people can understand what the site is simply by seeing the icon. It will help people to recognize the site when all they see is an icon. People seeing just an icon is something that does actually happen, in the multi-site "Hot Network Questions" panel. It may allow people to skip a question if they really aren't interested in reading about bicycles right now, and it may attract people who might be more prone to skip a question just because they really aren't interested in reading about grey boxes with green hearts right now.

Does anyone know what our site logo is supposed to represent?

Might I suggest bicycles?

(I'm not suggesting that the site's current logo is currently intended to represent that. I'm suggesting that is what the site logo should be intending to represent.)

I sought out this question. Although I do actually have some reputation due to some involvement with one question, I'm not currently anticipating being very involved with this site. Still, this site may directly impact me.

Today, I saw a question ("What are the benefits of drop bars?") listed in the right sidebar of another site. I thought, "What are drop bars?" I saw the icon next to the question, and it was a box.

Had I seen an icon that looked like a bicycle, I would have had a good chance of just figuring it out, instead of needing to first load the question, and then have a good idea of what people are talking about (once I figured out this question was on the bicycle site).

Please try to make your icon represent the topic of your site (bicycles) in a clear and straightforward manner, rather than try to capture the essence of some emotion you hope to experience while using these contraptions, as beloved as they may be. That way, people can understand what the site is simply by seeing the icon. It will help people to recognize the site when all they see is an icon. People seeing just an icon is something that does actually happen, in the multi-site "Hot Network Questions" panel. It may allow people to skip a question if they really aren't interested in reading about bicycles right now, and it may attract people who might be more prone to skip a question just because they really aren't interested in reading about grey boxes with green hearts right now.