Students, cycling, and drinking

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An invaluable primer for younger, immortal, cyclists, sent to me a couple of days ago by a friend in Amsterdam.
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[Profpointy]

An invaluable primer for younger, immortal, cyclists, sent to me a couple of days ago by a friend in Amsterdam.
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superb - n'ere a rant in sight, reasoned, clever, and absolutley nails it

 

[snorri]

A mate of mine went for a drink after work, fell off leaving the pub, fell off when he got home, next morning two broken wrists..

May I present you with the Order of the Night for not mentioning the unmentionable?.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I think the three speed bicycle was a great experiment in stability. Drink more than a few, perch GFGA on handlebars, ride home across hilly college town. Of course, I was thinner, able to drink, and much better coordinated then. Now, the closest to this sort of riding I get is to have an Altoid and start my commute home.

 

[Smurfy]

"Having once cycled 'under the influence' down Earlsdon Avenue in Coventry with eyes shut and hands off the bars, I strongly recommend that you do NOT drink and cycle!"

(I rode for about 10 seconds before deciding that I had better take a peek, and discovered that I was about to ride into the rear of a parked van. My violent evasive manoeuvre almost had me under the wheels of an overtaking car ... )

I reckon you must be a feline. How many lives have you used so far? Almost poisoned by a gas fire, almost died of blood clots. Any others?

 

[Cubist]

A synopsis of the thread suggests that a more succinct and valuable piece of advice would be "Don't cycle in Coventry"

 

[martint235]

It all depends on how much you've had. I've managed the sea front to Brighton Station after a few with the FNRttC lot one Saturday morning. There were symptoms* of concern amongst the group at one stage.

I also cycled from East Croydon to home on busy Saturday roads after 9 pints following another FNRttC.

* I say symptoms cos I don't believe it was genuine concern, certainly not from @McWobble

 

[Dogtrousers]

I reckon you must be a feline. How many lives have you used so far? Almost poisoned by a gas fire, almost died of blood clots. Any others?

@ColinJ almost struck by lightning here That's three.

 

[Dan B]

May I present you with the Order of the Night for not mentioning the unmentionable?.

Though in fairness I've never tried wearing them while riding a bike and they may make it awkward to hold onto the bars and/or brakes

 

[ColinJ]

I reckon you must be a feline. How many lives have you used so far? Almost poisoned by a gas fire, almost died of blood clots. Any others?

I wasn't 'almost' poisoned by that fire - the CO fumes rendered me unconscious so I WAS poisoned, just not fatally!

I reckon I have got away with at least 3 other near misses near misses. [I just did something that only started happening after that poisoning incident - I typed 'near misses' twice without realising it. I doublecheck most of my posts now to pick up on such repetition. I think one or two surplus references to blood clots may have slipped through over the years though though. Ha ha - I just typed 'though' twice as well! I have left the repetitions in to illustrate the problem.]

 

[ColinJ]

@ColinJ almost struck by lightning here That's three.

I don't count that one because I anticipated what was going to happen and stayed down in the village until the storm had blown over!

Anyway, back to drunken students on bikes ... I think that there is a potential problem. The best solution would probably be to get their parents to phone them and order them to get drunk and cycle. If they are anything like I was at that age, they would want to do the opposite of what they were told.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Not if you're on a Trice. I've cycled on the public road, with a pint in one hand, whilst surrounded by coppers... and all I got with the thumbs up!

Better luck next time, eh?

 

[Wobblers]

It all depends on how much you've had. I've managed the sea front to Brighton Station after a few with the FNRttC lot one Saturday morning. There were symptoms* of concern amongst the group at one stage.

I also cycled from East Croydon to home on busy Saturday roads after 9 pints following another FNRttC.

* I say symptoms cos I don't believe it was genuine concern, certainly not from @McWobble

What you thought were "symptoms of concern" were actually guffaws of mockery.

You were just to pi$$ed to realise....

 

[Profpointy]

cycling drunk is a bad idea, especially through a no-cycling chicane whilst carrying a saucepan of curry in one hand.

Didn't tip any though despite falling off

 

[fossyant]

You is going to struggle.

Don't drink, take drugs, legal highs, on the phone. And the rest.

Leave it at home or you might crash on a gas cannister. (Bloody all over the place in Manchester(.