When did cycling become so serious? When we were kids, bikes meant adventure, going as far as we could peddle with our mates for a laugh. These days it’s all about pelotons, triathlons, time trials, velodromes, and all the other ways that kill carefree cycling. Well, hopefully, the Bristol Beer Bike can add a little fun back in.
Gather up to 17 of your closest friends and hop on this boozy bike tour of Bristol. You’ll have an hour to peddle around the city streets with ‘as-much-as-you-can-drink beer’ – making this a cycle trip to remember, if you can remember it that is. It’s all the fun, laughter, and silliness of cycling that we’ve missed since we were little – just with more booze.
The Bristol Beer Bike doesn’t come cheap at £450 for the 60-minute ride through Bristol. Accommodating up to 6-12 per bike, and one bike for 17 guests, the more the merrier will greatly reduce the split cost (it’s only £37.50 between 12 people). Time to call up those old uni pals you’ve not spoken to in a while hey?
The hour-long tour also comes with your very own designated sober driver, a Bluetooth speaker to play your music, and an optional “pretty waitress/handsome waiter” for £50. Other add-ons include two bottles of Champagne (£110), five bottles of Prosecco (£70), and crisps (£25). The route takes in such sights as Castle Park, Queen Square, Harbourside and the Old City.
Ideal for stag or hen celebrations, Beer Bike has also catered for anything from “divorce parties to engagement parties, speed dating to 80th birthdays and everything in between over the years.” Starting in 2013, it also operates in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle and Edinburgh, as well as European cities like Prague, Bratislava and Vienna.
In recent years, these infamous party bikes have attracted attention for causing noise and traffic jams – which even led to a ban on beer bikes in Amsterdam in 2017. If you don’t mind attracting the ire of other road users, you can learn more about Bristol Beer Bike by heading here.