Bicycle Network Victoria wants to get as many people out of cars and onto push bikes as it can.
Its annual Ride2Work Day encourages people to give up their petrol reliant-commute for just one day in the hope the experience will kickstart healthy lifelong cycling habits.
The next Ride2Work day is October 14.
The Whittlesea Bicycle Users Group and The Bicycle Centre at South Morang are doing their bit to encourage drivers to give pedal power a go.
Group members and bike shop staff, including Shannon Johnson (pictured), will be at Epping railway station between 6.30am and 8.30am on the day to offer free bike servicing.
Bakers Delight Epping and Apteds Orchards have also stepped in to supply free breakfasts to passing cyclists.
Bicycle Network statistics have found almost two-thirds of Australians who registered and started riding on National Ride2Work Day last year were still on their bikes five months later.
Bicycle Network’s general manager of behaviour change, Chris Carpenter, said almost 66 per cent of Australians were not physically active enough.
But if more people rode to work, the growing costs related to poor health and traffic congestion across the country, totalling about $30 billion every year, could be significantly cut.
“It’s fantastic to see that our Ride2Work program is helping grow Australia’s commuter community as more people than ever pedal to and from work by bike,” Mr Carpenter said.
To receive a free breakfast and go into the draw to win one of two $30 vouchers for the Bicycle Centre South Morang, register soon at bit.ly/1WP0CG1
Registrants will need to specify if they will attend the City of Whittlesea breakfast.
