Cycling lobbyist Pedal Power has slammed the ACT government for a "shameful’’ and "heartless’’ response to Canberra’s bike injury rates which were twice the national average in 2012.

Pedal Power says Canberra’s 87,000 cyclists should be creating a safer riding community, but instead the territory was becoming more dangerous because infrastructure spending was not keeping up with cycling’s popularity.

Gloves are off: Pedal Power has hit back at the ACT government's reaction to cyclist injuries.

The ACT Chief Health Officer’s 2014 report released on Friday showed the territory had the highest rate of serious injuries to cyclists in Australia with twice the national average of injuries.

Pedal Power’s executive officer John Armstrong said the government needed to do much more than say injury figures were due to the ACT having the highest cycling participation rate in Australia.