What's the most you would risk cycling after?

I know what you mean about enthusiastic - I got a PB from Manchester to Oldham a couple of summers ago after two thirds of a bottle of wine and two very large Mojitos. I didn't get changed and rode home with my dress tucked into my knickers.

Scared me silly though and haven't done it since.

I once did Paddington, Euston to Bromley after several shorts (free drinks!), and night traffic (flows faster). I was OK and in control but I wouldn't repeat it. It's easy to get a bit tunnel visioned. I guess the nature of the return journey is a big factor!

True story this - my Belgian mate had a student initiation that involved downing 2 lagers, 2 white beers and 2 dark beers, then various shots of the local spirits. This kick started a long boozy evening. He then cycled home and almost made it, but managed to go over his bars a few minutes from home, face planted and ended up with a handful of teeth. At which point he did what any sensible person would do - he got in his car and drove to hospital!

I had similar episodes when I was over there. On one occasion I woke up the morning after rugby training covered in bruises. I was only as I started sobering up that I remembered I hadn't actually done any training as I had been too drunk and slowly remembered riding my bike into a pile of other parked bikes. Another time I was appalled that not only had someone stolen my bike, they had also stolen my lock and locked their own bike up with it! You can probably figure out what happened there - fortunately they brought the bike back after I had reclaimed my lock.

I tend to adopt the approach that if I wouldn't drive I won't cycle these days. We are far less of a risk to others but probably a greater risk to our selves cycling drunk compared to driving drunk. My last hurrah was probably cycling home from my Christmas party last year after missing the last train. I still have nightmares about that...

When I lived in Amsterdam, I was younger for a start and I used to cycle at night in a state... I remember vomiting on the handlebar

Until you forget to dock it correctly and you get charged for a new one :?

I honestly have no idea!

A friend at Uni tried to ride home with a skinful, rode into a (fully illuminated) skip that had a ramp down, fell off and woke up the next morning in a bit of a mess (it was full of brick rubble), I stick to a pint or equivalent when I'm riding.

My last company Christmas party, I'd just handed my notice in and as it was a free bar, so I took advantage of it and the sense of relief. About midnight I changed into my cycle gear, went outside and tried to set off. As that wasn't possible, went back inside for a couple of hours to "sober up", then when I could balance enough, got on my bike and cycled from Kensington all the way back to Lewisham. The actual cycling was ok, I am very cautious with junctions, lights etc but it was about 2 degrees, chucking down with rain and a vicious headwind. I was soaked through and frozen, got undressed outside the front door then had a hot shower and was surprised when my g/friend kept pushing me away.

This year's Boris bike from Shoreditch to London Bridge it also rained, was cold/soaked and had to stand on a windy platform to get the last train home.

Its not the riding that's the problem, its the weather this time of year.

I voted more than 5 and then realised that the question wasn't how many do you drink during a summer afternoon 'ride'

I have ridden home after many more than 5 drinks, but that was in my 20s when I rode BMX. I think I'd stick to less than 4 now - crashing a road bike would be a bit less forgiving than stacking the beemer and more easily done.

My scariest ride was drunk on a boris bike. I'd traveled down for a client christmas event. Very very boozy do. I was in a hotel. Maybe about three quarters of a mile, not far at all, from the venue but I decided that I didn't want to stagger in heels. And stupidly I'd not only signed up for a boris bike key but taken it out with me.

Drunk, in heels and a dress and entirely unused to london traffic. It may have been a short ride but I still nearly crashed more than once. It wasn't long enough to sober up either. I threw up when I got in.

I will still cycle after a couple (particularly on my commute) but will try to avoid being quite as drunk as that again!

I usually ride after 4 or 5 ales and am ok enough.

However (and I'm not at all proud of this), When I lost my job and I really did nt have money for the tube I rode to a birthday party at the German beer bar up by LMNH. My mate took pity on me and shouted me more than a few steins and shots and being somewhat miserable I went for it. At about 1 am I started attempting to ride home. I fell off three times before I managed to get going and (god knows how) managed to get to Holborn where I fell off at a red light having had many a bus and taxi drive around me leaving me very wide berths and giving me a large amount of abuse. I gave up then and found one of those courtyards they have there and went to sleep on the pavement cuddling my bike.

I awoke at about 6 am and rode the rest of the way back to Wimbledon feeling worse than I ve ever felt before. At 12, i had to get up to go to work in the bar...

Goes in my file of things I ve done that I'm really not proud of

I rode home after 4 pints the other night; but I only had to do a few hundred metres on the highway. After than it was cycle path all the way (2 miles).

Isn't 5 pints when you reach the top of the bell curve?