But I bike better when I'm a drunk.

jeff

Biking while drunk/high is wonderful. I have much higher endurance when I'm drunk. I am able to climb hills way faster, I have less fear of wrecking, and I can normally bike miles and miles without a sweat on my fixie. My visual senses highten when I smoke da green. Since I am hearing disabled, I use my eyes way more often than most people. I've never been a wreck in the 6 months I've been riding so far.

Overall, biking is wonderful for your health. When I started biking on the road frames, I was 5' 7" and 205lbs. Now I am 170lbs and all I need to lose is a little bitty gut in the front. I feel way more healthier now, probally due to less money = more dumpster diving = less eating. I feel more flexible and it's something thats a tad bit hard to explain until someone who has been overweight loses the excess weight. Also, the ladies who thought you were handsome before will really love you after you drop the pounds. ;-P

"Sometimes we feel like JE-SUS.
Expesically when you squeeze us.
Ladies, tis a sure way to please us!"

Chad

I can't climb hills worth a damn when I've been drinking.

I've had a couple too many really ****faced nights to enjoy wasted riding anymore. That said, I agree with the guy who posted a while back about how being tipsy (i.e after hitting a couple bars for 4-5 drinks) and riding is one of the best things ever. Riding when you're too wasted to go in a straight line is not.

Kinda off-topic, but here is my case for drinking and riding:

I worked for a guy in SF who encouraged me to chill out and have a beer after an altercation with a driver. He felt it calmed the nerves a bit and prevented you from riding all angry/scared.

I don't think alcohol really slows people down that much. Back in the day they used to give six day racers alcohol and speed to keep them going.

I raced bicycles for a few years and never won anything. I did well enough in road and cross races to upgrade to cat 3, but never did better than 2nd. I am pretty timid on the bike, I would get gapped on technical descents and have to chase back on. When I was a messenger it was the same story. I was pretty fast at work, drank moderately during the races, and knew the city. I did well in alleycats but never won. Last year I got wasted the night before a race, stayed out half the night, crashed, woke up buzzed and just ran with it in the morning. Sparks for breakfast and a beer at every checkpoint that offered. I took more risks, stayed relaxed, hit on checkpoint workers, and won. I think I corner, descend, and maybe even climb faster when drinking.

who was that old school rider who used to drink champagne out of his water bottle on the tour when the tour still meant a damn? Anyway, just rode home after a long night out and with the wind singing through the spokes, some times a few in you will keep you on the pedals instead of giving up and walking home.

If you can stand you can pedal.

I believe Jacques Anquetil, 5 time winner of the Tour De France was fond of alcohol. It's not uncommon for some racers to put a few shots of Vody in a bottle to race with. It takes the edge off and actually gives you an energy boost but its a far cry from being wasted.

5 thoughts:

If you already have one conviction for DUI and are charged with another you my friend might start to ponder whether you have a problem.

In my state (Kansas) your third DUI is a felony charge. No more voting, possessing firearms, having to list being a felon on every application you fill out and 1 year of your life with the County Jail as your home.

Alcohol does make people speak their mind- what is said while drunk has run through thier mind while sober.

You think that you will only hurt yourself if you are injured/killed while drunk? Talk to the people who lose a loved one to suicide. Talk to people who have been involved in a fatality accident. These people are scared for the rest of thier lives and haunted by "but what if I...."

What kind of injury are you willing to sustain to continue to drink? Broken leg, arm, how about brain damage? Oh, oh better how about feeling like superman on a Saturday night and waking up a week later as Christpher Reeves.

Thank you for reading this,

When I was a messenger, I would routinely ride home loaded and/or high.

One night I rode home ****faced, and was hit by someone equally ****faced. I remember the side front panel word 'Blazer' a mere few inches from my nose.
Luckily I was so drunk the SUV took the bike right out from under me and I fell flat, giving me a slight boo-boo on my knee rather than smashing my skull on the grill.

Was a life changin' moment, I will not ride drunk anymore. After a couple pops I'm still ok to get home riding. Loaded.. I will not ride now. I do not drink at all if I'm behind the wheel. Yes a little alcohol can make the rip home something magical sometimes. Alleycats practically demand it.

exactly. being a little lit just makes it so you cannot feel the lactic acid in your legs and makes the wind hitting your face feel totally outrageous. it's a good ****ing time, especially with friends. i'm sorry that the detractors here are too absolutist to realize that one can drink and ride with discretion. i can just say that i'm glad i don't hang out with any of you.

i will admit that i've ridden home from the bar before when i've been pretty damn gone, but that's not what i'm advocating (if there is anything at all that i am). at a certain point, it is definitely bad judgment. however, even in those cases, you really only stand to hurt yourself. like others have said, that's where driving and cycling differ importantly. for me - i will walk if i am to the point that even walking in a straight line is dicey. but, that takes a whole lot of alcohol. i can ride just about as well as i can walk in any circumstances. of course, that differs from person to person. i've known kids who have trouble on their bikes after 3 or 4 drinks -- they probably shouldn't be riding.

that all said, it may not be prudent to ride drunk due to legal issues. if it constitutes a DUI where you live, and the cops are known to arrest cyclists, then you are probably well-advised to be extremely careful. you might be playing against the odds. around here, however, i've never heard of a cycling DUI, or, really, any cases where a cop has bothered someone riding a bike about intoxication issues (there was one time that a cop stopped a friend and recommended that he ride on the sidewalk to get home, but was apparently extremely nice about it). even though it's just columbus, the cops have better things to deal with -- like drunken fratboys torching couches.

the situation isn't black and white, so don't pretend that it is.

I don't think I'd claim to perform better while intoxicated, I've always done better in alleycats starting sober or just one puff. I know I did poorly in one race due to relaxing restraint, I got into the finals at an NACCC but I wasn't aware of it. I was on a MTB so didn't expect to get far, it was easy to win a qualifier but in the semi I didn't think I fared too well. So directly after the semi I went hanging out with some people and got totally ripped and nicely toasted watching others race. Then for fun checked the results and had only 20 mins to chill before the final started. I definately didn't have as fast a reaction time, definately couldn't navigate or remember too well what was next checkpoint and lost power after an initial burn of about a half hour that felt like a lot of energy til it was gone. Add all that to the fact I was on an MTB and it comes out to 19th out of 20, oh well.

"If you already have one conviction for DUI and are charged with another you my friend might start to ponder whether you have a problem. "

DUI or no DUI, i will not consider someone having lost his licences for a .01 (or even .05) as problematic. Youre not necessarily drunk just because a feelgood law says you are.

I can see your point stevo, and it would be to bad if a young person got bumped up to a felony later because of somthing done under the age of 21. The "feelgood law" here is called Minor In Possession (MIP) and it is used to inforce/protect young adults. Check the satistics with your insurance carrier regarding the amount of fatalitys based on alcohol consumption, inexperance of the driver and the # of occupants in the car. I assume the original poster is still young and willing to break feel good laws to indulge in alcohol

"it would be to bad if a young person got bumped up to a felony later because of somthing done under the age of 21."

Dont get me wrong, I think everyone should be responsible for their own actions. If someone actually was driving intoxicated at the age of 20 (or 18 or 12), I have no problem with a later resultant felony. Thats not necesssarily the case with this law.

As far as stats on alcohol involvement, I would be real interested in any stats any agency or RG has compiled regarding BACs of .05 or less. doubtful. and if thats the case, its feelgood.

my $.02 on something i never need to worry about.

I like to get wasted and do laps at the velodrome.

Can they pull back my Olympic GOLD if I was simply sauced?..LOL

Can they pull back my Olympic GOLD if I was simply sauced?..LOL
Damn what a sight at the summer pursuits.... bunch of hardcore cyclists, laughing and falling over themselves, changing the race to LaMans start...just cuz. Oh And peeing while warming up....lol

the .01 law is ********, if youre going to get busted for dui at .02 might as well get totally ****ed up and blow a .3

it gives kids no room to mature, once they turn 21 how will they know what their limits are. I say drinking age laws as well as driving should be the same as germany.

libertarians for a common sense society.

I was so scared of my old man I never drank until early adulthood then I went whole hog into it. I might not have been wasted for so long had I drank a bit in high school.

The years are for learning about life not just geometry.

I do not know the Laws of Germany, but I can agree that there are laws that do not accomplish the ends the Legislature intended. Unfortunatey,the days of the local PD/Sheriff taking minors back home and releasing them to thier parents is fading away.
helvetica, I assume you are now of legal age to drink and with that comes the responsibility of your actions both intentional and unintentional
I know I could type untill I had bloody nubbins for fingers and still not convince you to see things my way, that is why I only metioned a few thoughts, and I appriciate you reading them. I hope you do not have an alcohol/drug problem and my I apologize if I have offended you.
You are familiar with German laws? What dose it take to obtain your DL over there?

drinking age is 16 driving age is 18, you must take the driving test with a manual car.

I was on a jury for a case EXACTLY like this (in rural Georgia). We found the guy not guilty, because the law stipulates that you have to be in control of the vehicle, which unloading/loading it isn't. Sucks that you had to go through all that bull****.

QUOTE: Fugazi Dave "Jeez, shants is out to be a reckless dickhead again. Riding drunk is dangerous and irresponsible. Period. You get a BWI, you ******** deserve it. "

"I don't smoke and I don't drink and I don't F##K! At least I can F**king think."

I'm not getting "D**Khead" out of anything Shants is saying.... Am I sensing a little straight edge angst? Just curious?

BUI is trouble in CA if the cops feel like messing with you. However, I think you have to have a driver's license for it to really make trouble. There is a fine involved.

I cannot find my bike when I am really drunk

Well if anyone on here lives in south dakota, you won't have to worry about biking while drunk, or riding a horse while drunk.

http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aber...s/13710086.htm