Brisbane will not follow Melbourne's lead by offering $5 bike helmets with its cycle hire scheme, despite the initiative doubling the take-up of the southern city's bike share program.

Melbourne introduced the helmets, available at 7-Eleven and IGA convenience stores and vending machines, in October last year in a bid to boost its flagging cycle scheme.

'Something good is in the wind' ... Bicycling Queensland general manager Ben Wilson says changes are being made to solve the CityCycle scheme's helmet issue. Credit:Michelle Smith

The bike program has since seen its patronage increase from 6820 in September 2010 to 11,332 in March 2011.

However Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said he would not follow Melbourne's example, but would make an announcement "very soon" on how Brisbane City Council planned to boost the struggling CityCycle bike scheme.