"It gets pretty good gas mileage it's a little four cylinder, but still if its going to hit $4.00 a gallon," said Michelle Dillard, Driver Turned Biker. "Well the gas prices are so high and I decided for short distance I might as well ride a bike and get my daughters to do the same thing."

"It just starts to make more sense to me to ride a bike if I'm able to." said Kaltlyn Stout, Biker.

So they're test driving a different set of wheels to curb cost.

"I work downtown, so I'm going to ride from home to downtown to work."

Pump prices put sales in overdrive at this bike shop.

"Compared to last year we're up about 25 percent." said Eric Bunch of Tryathletics bike shop.

To gauge spending drivers are looking for a cheaper way to commute.

"I'm looking to get a new bike to do more commuting riding to and from work, " said Bunch. "when they come in the store they say I want to get a bicycle because I want to get more fit and then one of the next things the almost always tell me is, I also want to think about riding to work to save on gas."

And bike shops say the sticker shock has more and more drivers trading in their stick shift for a ten speed.

"Probably the last week or so it really hit me that for short distances and I might as well. Gas prices have really just pushed me to do so." said Bunch.

Bike sales across mid-Missouri are noticeably higher from last year. All the bike shops we spoke to today said the cost of gas is a huge contributing factor to higher sales.