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Road Bike

A brick bicycle that actually pedals, coasts, and steers like the real thing.

Brick Rated Score

4.3/5

Set 11380 · 2026

Pieces1,015

Minifigsn/a

Year2026

Set number11380

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The verdict

This one won me over the moment I turned the pedals and watched the chain drive the rear wheel, then freewheel when I stopped.

It's a 1,015-piece LEGO Icons set that leans hard into mechanics instead of minifigures, and from across the room it barely reads as LEGO at all. The offset front fork pivot and the single rear cog will bug the sticklers, but as a display bike that genuinely works, it's a lovely piece of engineering.

Best for: Cyclists and mechanism nerds who want a working model, not a spec-sheet replica

The full review

What it is

There's a moment early in this build where you spin the pedals and the chain actually pulls the rear wheel round, then you stop and the wheel keeps turning on its own. That freewheel click is the whole set in a nutshell. The Road Bike is a LEGO® set that cares far more about how a bicycle moves than about looking pretty on a shelf, though honestly it manages both. It's 1,015 pieces, it's an 18+ Icons model, and designer Robert Heim built it back to front so the training stand and rear wheel go together first and hold everything steady while you work forward to the handlebars.

The catch

At $129.99 it sits in the friendlier end of the Icons range, and for what you get I think that's fair. The thing stretches 60cm long and stands 36cm tall on its stand, so you'll want real shelf space, not a corner. Now for the honest gripes, because there are a few and cyclists will find them fast. The front fork pivots on an offset point rather than a proper steerer tube running through the head, which works but isn't how a real bike is put together. There's only one rear cog, so the rear derailleur is basically for show, and the front derailleur is too. You get brake calipers but no cables linking them to the levers, and that front derailleur clings to a single stud, so it pops off if you look at it wrong. None of this stops it working, but if you came for a museum-accurate replica, know what you're signing up for.

Who it's for

Here's where it lands for me. If you ride, or if you're the sort who takes the back off a clock just to watch the gears, you'll grin the whole way through. The mechanical honesty of the drivetrain is the real reason to buy it, and it's the kind of function LEGO doesn't attempt often. If you mainly want a display object that screams high-detail from every angle, it delivers there too, since the carbon-frame illusion holds up remarkably well. The people who should probably skip it are the accuracy purists who'll be annoyed by the fork and the fake gears every time they walk past. For everyone else, this is one of the more quietly clever sets Icons has put out in a while, and I'd happily make room for it.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build runs across 8 numbered stages and it's paced really nicely. Bags one and two give you the training stand and rear wheel, which is a smart move because you've got a stable base and a working wheel to admire long before the end. From there you work forward through the drivetrain, the frame, the fork and finally the handlebars. The wheel assembly is the star of the construction: twelve segment pieces with deliberately asymmetrical pin holes that only fit one way, laced together with angled Technic links standing in for spokes. There's some genuinely funky geometry too, including spreading regular red plates apart to shape the fork, the sort of not-quite-legal technique that makes you smile.

For parts hunters this is a generous box. Five new molds debut here: a 241mm tire that's easily the largest LEGO has ever made, a 12-segment wheel rim, a bent angled Technic spoke link, a 20-tooth ratchet gear that makes the freewheel possible, and a 64-tooth gear that's the biggest regular (non-beveled) gear LEGO has ever produced. Those last two will turn up in Technic builds for years. On top of that you get useful recolors: a bright red Technic beam with towball, a dark grey gear shifter, and a silver metallic version of a chain link mold that's been around since 1978 and never had a metallic finish until now. There are also 21 red 1x3 rounded plates, a part that's been hard to find outside the Minas Tirith set. For a little over a grand of pieces at $130, the value story holds up well once you factor in how many of these parts are brand new.

Fun facts

01The 241mm tire created for this set is by far the largest diameter LEGO tire ever produced.
02Its 64-tooth gear is the biggest regular (non-beveled) LEGO gear ever made, and the new 20-tooth ratchet gear is what lets the bike freewheel and coast like the real thing.
03Designed by Robert Heim, the model is built back to front so the stand and rear wheel form a stable base before you work toward the handlebars.
04The silver chain uses a link mold that first appeared in 1978, given a metallic finish for the very first time in this set.