Blue Heron Bikes
When San Francisco shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about e-bikes, none of the 30 answers names Blue Heron Bikes. #48 of 76 local e-bike shops; AI names The New Wheel in 26.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: The New Wheel, 26 of 30
Asked on 30 October 2026Blue Heron Bikes
- 4.5 · 135 Google reviews
- 1306 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA 94706
- E-bikes
- blueheronbikesberkeley.com
More Google reviews than 44% of the e-bike shops in San Francisco. Yet AI names 27 other e-bike shops here, The New Wheel first, with 203 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best e-bike shop in San Francisco”. The answer names:
- The New Wheel
- SF Wheels
- LAST MILE SF
- Mike's Bikes of San Francisco
Blue Heron Bikes is not in it, or in any of the other 29 answers.
The 10 questions we asked
Each asked in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode. A tick: at least one answer to it names Blue Heron Bikes or links its site.
- best e-bike shop in San Francisco
- where to buy an electric bike in San Francisco
- e-bike store in San Francisco with test rides
- where to buy a folding e-bike in San Francisco
- cargo e-bike dealer in San Francisco
- e-bike sales and repair shop in San Francisco
- affordable commuter e-bikes in San Francisco, where should I buy one
- electric mountain bike shop in San Francisco
- San Francisco bike shops that sell e-bikes online with local delivery
- which local shop in San Francisco has the best e-bike selection
What AI finds on blueheronbikesberkeley.com
Its home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, checked on 3 November 2026: what AI assistants read first.
- Store details in structured dataName, address and hours in a form AI reads directly.
- Products in structured dataNo Product data on the home page: AI cannot see what the store sells or for how much.
- Ratings in structured dataNo rating or review data: AI leans on other sites to judge the store.
- Open to AI assistantsrobots.txt lets the AI crawlers in.
- llms.txtNo llms.txt: no short summary written for AI assistants.
- Secure site (HTTPS)Opens over HTTPS.
Stores like it that AI names
Close in Google rating and reviews.
- Avenue Cyclery1 of 30 · ★ 4.7 · 132 reviews
- Warm Planet Bikes6 of 30 · ★ 4.5 · 75 reviews
- Columbus Cyclery1 of 30 · ★ 4.5 · 239 reviews
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