Sydney's share bikes are being taken on more than 22,000 trips in the inner city each week, figures from the city's two dockless bike scheme operators have shown.

Lime and Mobike have spruiked the popularity of share bikes as a way to get around the city as the NSW government flagged Manly as the location for the first shareable electric scooter trial.

Lime has dropped 2000 bikes on the city's streets since its launch in November. Scooters could be next. Credit:Paul Lovelace

The companies are the only share bike operators on Sydney's streets after two of their predecessors, Ofo and Reddy Go, quit the city amid a council crackdown on dumped bikes this year.

Lime, which is backed by Uber and Google's parent company Alphabet, launched in Sydney in November and has so far dropped 2000 electric bikes on the city's streets.