Drunk on a bike

If you get passed slightly tipsy its worth getting a taxi just leaving your bike locked somewhere..
but oh no's what will happen to my bike.

Well if its a piece of shít like my old one you can leave it locked to a railing on Leeson street for a week and nothing will happen to it, maybe I was lucky

But if you do find yourself trying to cycle home after a few unexpected drinks even walking the bike home is worth it, you will walk some of the drink off ya too, and well if you can't manage to walk it just nestle in you and your bike into a nice bush for the night, wink wink wink twitch twitch wink...

Cycled home drunk one night recently. Garda car pulled up beside me and rolled down the window. I had no lights and they said that's why they stopped me. They could tell I was a little bit too drunk. They were generally pretty grand about it. Told me to be careful, cycle on the path the rest of the way and get some lights.

I wish all Guards were as sound as these lads. Anyway I got myself some lights and plan to cycle home more often, cheaper than taxi and the fresh air sobers you up a bit. Now I just cycle on the path, which after a few pints is more like a video game as you try to avoid the lamp-posts or try keep between those concrete lines, you know the ones where the rip up the path to lay new cables and then fill it in again...it makes a little track specifically designed to keep me entertained on the cycle home.

Cycling on the path is grand too as long as you wait till you get out of the centre, at 3am there's nobody walking so I'm a danger to no-one.

Used to cycle back from town on nights out pretty regularly, and I woke up back at home with my bike sitting outside and no memory of cycling back more times than I'd care to admit. Never wore a helmet so how I didn't kill myself or someone else over the years I'll never know. It was either my mad skills or retarded luck

Here in Austria, they stamp down on it frequently.
Often see police checkpoints on cycle paths stopping to check for lights, tyre condition and for cycling over the limit. God forbid them for riding on a footpath or going through a red light!

A waiter I worked with was caught riding home after a few pints, he was fined more than 1000 and banned from driving his car for 2 months and forced to attend a psychology course.

In return for these sanctions though, cyclists are given a fantastic cycling network with great road rights.

NiallSparky wrote: »

Obviously that's impossible. How many times have you heard of road fatalities caused by drunk cyclists?

then why say it


cycling and walking are two completely different things, being drunk whilst engaging in either also different.

for one cyclists (mainly) cycle on the road = greater risk..balance and speed for a start..plus the fact your bike can turn into a weapon .....

Friend of mine was cycling home one night after too much to drink. The guards pulled up beside him, and saw he was obviously drunk. They just told him to stop cycling and walk the bike home. He walked a little bit and got back on the bike. They pulled up again and this time just took the bike, put it in the back of their van and told him to collect it in the morning! Fairly sound of them.

I have been in Poland a good bit, and you can't go near a bike after a few drinks. They treat it the same as if you were in a car. Their drink drive limit is low too.