Cycling and drinking.

robertxxx

Do many boardies do it.

If so, do you cycle far to get home, I would never do it as I'm a 10 mile cycle from town.

Captain Havoc

If I'm heading down for a couple of jars, I'll bring the bike but on the razz, no.

enas

I do sometimes, and it's legal as long as you're not drunk "to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the [...] cycle" (link).

And if you wonder how do you know you still have proper control of the cycle, it's pretty simple in fact, since it's self enforceable. If you're too drunk, you won't stay upright, as this guy illustrates:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d33_1221276414

Buzwaldo

Live a mile from pub, so if I feel like a few scoops of an odd evening, will usually cycle down. Too old (sensible) now to go properly on the Raz:(.

Never had pints on a long cycle / sportive, but I reckon one or two at a nice pub about 5-10 K from the end of a relaxed sportive / audax would just be just the job. (In an earlier life, just that one or 2 in a mountainside pub towards the end of a day skiing, with one decent piste to finish the day - now that's a nice drink to have, and nice finish to the day)

DirkVoodoo

I'd cycle after one or two.

I'd be extremely strict about drink-driving. I've been driving since I was 17 (13 years...oh my!) and I've always taken the attitude of "If I drive, then I don't drink, not one"...I think I've only broken this once and that was after half a glass of wine. I'm not trying to be sanctimonious, I'm just teeing it up for what comes next.

On the bike, I would often cycle after a few beers (a few for me is more like a couple). Once or twice I've cycled probably after having too many, not so much that I'm out of control, but enough that I told myself I wouldn't again.

I don't really equate the two, drink cycling is nothing like drink driving and I guess the numbers are there to back it up. In fact, I don't think it is much more dangerous than walking home after a few too many, which is probably still dangerous but not in the same league as drink-driving.

I don't drink much anymore though, in fact I find it hard to drink now. One or two and I'm done. I enjoy a few glasses of wine, but I think my jaegerbomb days are behind me, unless it's a wedding of course.

funnights74

I'm not a drinker so it's not an issue but I heard that on the recent RoK a few guys stopped off for a few in Caherciveen so that they could catch the 3rd lions test from down under. They played it safe though and got to Killarney with no harm done.

Cookie_Monster

nearly every friday after a couple in the office.
Often I'll cycle to town leave the bike in work and go out, collect it on the way home.
Have been waved through several DD checkpoints over the past while even when clearly pissed.

Wishbone Ash

No.

I'd imagine walking into a pub like a penguin in salty and sweaty Lycra wouldn't appeal to me or the other patrons.

johnk123

I often cycle home after a few beers or after a bbq or something similar. Wouldn't if I was heading out on a serious night, but then again, I live close to town so would always pop out with bike and then back in.


I went for a few drinks around lunchtime the day my class all finished our exams for the summer... cycled home (10minutes) at 5 o'clock after far too many pints and was due in girlfriends for dinner with their family in an hour... wouldn't even think about driving, hate paying for taxis so decided to spin out on the bike nice and handy... Fresh air and gentle exercise hid all evidence of the drinking and I arrived sober as a judge... ....or so I thought anyway!

listermint

I always drink and cycle. Sure the bar is in front of me like

Stone Deaf 4evr

I remeber back in the summer of 97, I used to work in a pub collecting glasses. Anyways after a few pints when work had ended (my 17 year old self being very drunk after 4 quick beers) I decided that a 6 foot tall cardboard cut out of a pint bottle of carling would make quite the bedroom ornament. So i tucked it under my arm and hopped on my raleigh activator II and hit the road for the 2 mile cycle home.

what followed must have looked like something out of a carry on film as I went down the main street of mallow with the cutout acting as a sail. of course, the nightclubs were just emptying and the streets were packed. dunno how I made it home alive.

Darkstrike

Was the cut out alright, though?

Stone Deaf 4evr

Darkstrike wrote: »

Was the cut out alright, though?

it got a bit of a nasty crease around the neck of the bottle, but better that than creasing my own neck!

killalanerr

when were on hols the trips to the local towns from the campsite are all ways by bike nearly all ways have a a few beers or a glass or 2 of wine when were out.In Spain last year the local group i tooked for their Sunday run stoped at a bar they do that every Sunday i left after 3 pints with the Spanish slaging me for let in the Irish down

Grudaire

Whenever I do cycle after one or two (or three) drinks I am the most paranoid cyclist ever...