Sleep-Riding

Has anyone ever done this? I'm pretty sure I fell alseep when I suddenly found myself face-planted into the back of a parked car... hmmm

Yep.

350k into a 400k audax I woke up whilst accellerating down hill. At that point I decided to curtail my ride and get some proper sleep.

Oddly, the next time I did a 400k I managed to get about 5 minutes sleep at 300k and was awake enough to complete the rest of the ride.

yup riding back from west drinks at speed along chelsea embankment at midnight...didn't stop peddling or veer off course...

i've been close many times, the anecdotes above recall a really stupid practice i adopted when younger of closing my eyes whilst riding & seeing how long it was before i opened them again, not long of course: These days i frequently drift off or fantasize whilst riding & then find myself in the wrong place though it always has a significance to me, like somewhere i used to live or work or the route a friend

If a driver drives when tired or drunk, he is likely to kill others. If a cyclist rides tired or drunk, he is most likely to kill himself but could cause accidents to others, particularly when others try to avoid him.

yes, the ketamine before the ride home was a terrible idea

So it's confirmed...I don't have some sort of medical disorder.

today has been a good day :)

If a driver drives when tired or drunk, he is likely to kill others. If a cyclist rides tired or drunk, he is most likely to kill himself but could cause accidents to others, particularly when others try to avoid him.

Ooo handbags

i've often left a pub inebriated and found myself in bed the next morning not knowing what happened in between stella powered auto pilot ?

i've often left a pub inebriated and found myself in bed the next morning not knowing what happened in between stella powered auto pilot ?

Warning kids ... Rohypnol is NOT a mixer.

okay story time, any hideous crashes as a result of sleep-deprived bikin'?

If a driver drives when tired or drunk, he is likely to kill others. If a cyclist rides tired or drunk, he is most likely to kill himself but could cause accidents to others, particularly when others try to avoid him.

+1

closing my eyes whilst riding & seeing how long it was before i opened them again

Er, I still do this sometimes..!

I have done the reverse. Was fast asleep and dreaming about riding when a gust of wind blew my alarm clock of the window ledge waking me up. For a split second this translated into the worst bike-crash dream imaginable. I threw the duvet off and was waving my arms and legs about in a massive adrenaline rush.

i had a mate at school who fell asleep on his paper round.
cycled his bike into a parked car putting his head through the back window.
ended up in a neck brace with a lacerated eye lid and eyebrow.
ouch.

you gotta be REALLY tired to fall asleep while cycling
i just can't imagine it
well apart the 6 straight days on acid and speed no sleep route could be possible but who does that these days none of us are rockstars in a band as far as i know

I have blacked out from being drunk and deciding to go on a night ride (used to live waaaay in the country) just nodded off while riding back

My dad fell asleep whilst riding, he was going down hill at a fair speed and just drifted off.
Whilst sleeping he veered into a bus stop that was kind of cut out of a raised bit of land, he hit a dustbin and got thrown onto the raised bit behind the bus stop.
The bin was bent in half but him and his bike were fine!

I frequently fall asleep while reading this forum. Current Projects is more effective than Mogadon.

i've often left a pub inebriated and found myself in bed the next morning not knowing what happened in between stella powered auto pilot ?

This really worries me when i do this i wake up and run and check to see if my bike is in the hall way cause i have no idea if i would have had enough sense to take it inside or even if i rode it home, i then sit and think about the stupidity of what i have done but deep down know next friday will be the same

I used to sleep ride until the girlfriend kicked me in the nuts and told me to leave her alone.

i've often left a pub inebriated and found myself in bed the next morning not knowing what happened in between stella powered auto pilot ?

stella's label oughta have a picture of me doing stupid shit somehwere on it.

On the dunwich dynamo i had to splash water over my face every 5 mins to stay awake
Probably didnt help that slept about 3 hours the night before

This really worries me when i do this i wake up and run and check to see if my bike is in the hall way cause i have no idea if i would have had enough sense to take it inside or even if i rode it home, i then sit and think about the stupidity of what i have done but deep down know next friday will be the same

i've gotten up looked all over for my bike and found it outside with my keys in the door handle.

this is good thread. out with the stories.

Er, I still do this sometimes..!

+1

but that's not falling asleep, on the way back from brighton I did find myself falling asleep south of croydon so had a little nap by the road side for an hour or so...

After the office christmas party, I went to my even classes christmas party, I'm told I left at 3am (left=chucked out) and was woken by police near tower hill at about 5am... think they would have arrested me if I hadn't started throwing up...