New research has revealed that commuters in Galway – and the wider west – have no interest in electric bikes.

Neither Galway City – or any other village or town in the county – feature in national rankings of places showing an interest in recent years.

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The research by TrailBlazers.ie found that since 2020, interest in electric bikes has risen by almost 200 percent.

Their survey looked at Google search data over a five year period, for terms like “E-Bike” and “Electric Bike”, as well as popular brand names.

It then assigned a score out of 800 to each local area across the country to signify their interest.

The highest score was Lucan in Co. Dublin, with a score of 680 – followed by Dublin at 524, Cork at 403 and Limerick at 292.

But Galway is apparently no county for e-bikes at all – having recorded a score so low it isn’t even recorded in the rankings at all.

In fact, the only place in the entire western region to appear is Ennis, Co. Clare – with a score of just 54 out of 800.

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