If sausage sales are any gauge, the iWay Try a Bike Day/Big Bike Mart at St Mary's School was a resounding success.
"We don't know how many people turned up but we sold about 400 sausages before running out - so that's got to be a good sign," iWay project leader Owen Mata said.
With the help of local bike shops, the public were invited to pump up their tyres and try riding one of the many pre-loved bikes at the three-hour event.
"In Hawke's Bay many people tend to think of cycling in terms of either road or mountain bikes, so it was great to see some brilliant retro numbers out there, including cruisers and even some Art Deco cycles," Mr Mata said.
"Many of these are bikes that are normally stored in the back of the shed and haven't been seen for years."
St Mary's was the ideal place to stage the event due to its bike track, he said.
The push-bike push was held as part of February's Bike Wise Month in an additional drive for the Bay to become New Zealand's cycling capital.
Commuters are encouraged to ditch the car and jump on a bicycle tomorrow for the Go By Bike Breakfast.
The Napier City Council and Hawke's Bay Regional Council are rewarding local cycling commuters for their efforts with a free breakfast at the Napier Library forecourt from 7.30am to 8.30am.
Commuters into Hastings can make the most of iWays's Go By Bike Breakfast at the town clock tower from 7.30am to 9am. Convoys to Hastings leave promptly from the Flaxmere CBD at 7.30am, The Happy Tav in Havelock North at 7.15am and the Marine Parade cycle path at the end of Ellison St at 6.30am.
A two-week iWay Commuter Challenge begins Monday, February 21, during which a free light breakfast will be provided at selected locations.
See www.iway.org.nz for more information.
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