Today, the state's peak body launches a plan to fund 52 bicycle projects by 2020.

It would cost $2.74 million next financial year, $5.7 million in 2013-14 and $6.3 million in 2014-15.

A detailed budgetary submission has already been put to Treasury, and Bicycle Tasmania has been lobbying MPs for months.

It is even going so far as to present all 25 MHAs with a free bicycle.

Project manager Liam Correy said that Bicycle Tasmania had put 12 months of work into the first-of-its-kind proposal.

Mr Correy said that the money equated to diverting 1 per cent of road funding, which would triple the state's regular riders and create long-term savings.

About one in five Tasmanians, or 97,000, ride their bike at least once a week.

``We are very sensitive to (the state's) budget situation, but the beauty of creating bike facilities is the budget savings it creates,'' Mr Correy said.

``There are massive returns and benefits from the money you put in.''

This year, the state planned to spend $151 million on roads, but set aside little for bicycle users.

A government spokesman said that Sport and Recreation Tasmania had spent $10.4 million over three years on bike trails and paths before the program was scrapped last financial year.

The spokesman said that a cycleway development fund, created in 2010-11, was financing a number of projects around the state, and Treasury would consider all budget submissions.

``The state government recognises the importance of cycling infrastructure and will continue to consider opportunities in the area,'' he said.

Projects on Bicycle Tasmania's wish-list include a 7-kilometre cycleway connecting Launceston's CBD to its northern suburbs, creating school routes, an 85-kilometre trail between Launceston and the North East, and a 15-kilometre pathway between Orford and Buckland on the East Coast.