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Thank you!

Lmao

oh yes good spot on Bedford Square, that's a very confusing way to do contraflow cycling! easy to miss

Yes it’s an important detail!

It’s 13 mins if you live on the northern line platforms at Archway and want to get to the platforms at TCR and leave exactly when a train is coming! but I always use the citymapper timings at 9am on a weekday from the point the video starts to where it ends - so 30 mins includes a short walk to the station, getting in and out and an average wait for a train at peak time. It’s still pretty generous as the video starts and ends near both stations and people may have to go further afield!

That sounds sensible to me!

thank you, very kind!

this should mostly be doable! though I might start a bit further up by Finsbury Park and the very last stretch into the coach station doesn't really have a comfortable way I think

@@Londoncycleroutesooh nice one thanks! I’ll keep my eyes peeled 😁

haha hello, what a coincidence! I remember admiring your luggage rack game!

I took note of that when it happened, you were moving at a brisk but very controlled pace, but most notably for me, you signalled your left turn shortly after. I'm a bit of a stickler for 'traffic decorum', which is why I'm always very impressed with the host's stopping for pedestrians, and giving-way where apt. We're all better off for protocol being the norm.

thanks for watching!

thank you!

it's a great little bit

thank you for tuning in!

haha I've been a bit ill!

that works too - it might even the corner a little bit actually

@@Londoncycleroutes Love the channel, thanks for all the pedals.

a cold haha!

@@Londoncycleroutes Get well soon!

I've got a GoPro Hero 11 black and I mount it on the handlebars with a fairly generic mount I got off amazon

agree. I’d be curious to see a video bringing together these routes as they probably make up a pretty decent network now that you can use to make your own alternative routes by joining various bits up. If you’re willing to occasionally get off to walk to cross some busy roads I bet there is actually decent ‘quiet’ coverage now in most of london. Similarly a ‘black spot’ video would be good where there are obvious missing parts

yes it's been something to see the city evolve, if not always as fast as I'd like!

I couldn't agree more. It's with great envy as well as 'getting to know the parts of London' that I've never had the opportunity to explore in my prior sojourns there. Even parts that I'm familiar with from almost two decades ago near the end of the trip, (Tottenham Court Rd up to King's Cross area), look far more inviting to cyclists now than they did then. This trip time would have been multiples greater for me, not because I'm slow (I'm actually a very avid distance cyclist), but I see so much to explore along the way. I'm loving these vids.

I think they have quite a narrow beam so they don't always get the whole waiting area, or at least they're set up like that often

the closed bridge is really helpful for avoiding the main road!

someone else requested Herne Hill to Bermondsey recently so I'll probably get around to this soon!

haha yes I couldn't find a fully quiet time to time to record this one

Sure some people prefer the main roads but I reckon opinions differ

pls Jon

Many people are requesting this one ☝️

I wish TfL would improve the design on C2, there’s a lot of changes they could make that would make a big difference. It’s such an important corridor and it shouldn’t be left to stagnate

As in Herefordshire?

@@Londoncycleroutes I don't think so, it is due southwest of Watford in the Conne Valley

@@Londoncycleroutes Its Herefield, not Hereford

@@Londoncycleroutes Harefiefd if the last one was different

​@@DubGathoni ah I see, I can't say I'd heard of it before! by the looks of the map the grand union canal is probably the sensible way to make that one, there's only one main road otherwise and it looks absolutely horrible to cycle down!

I’ll make a note! It’s going to get a lot easier soon as Southwark have plans to sort out the Peckham gyratory

Hope it works out, let me know how it does!

@@Londoncycleroutes Route worked out great. 53 minutes out and 58 minutes back to Barking. I got confused at East India Dock due the markings for CS3 on the way out. Door to door think I add another 10 to 15 min, but going to time myself today. Much appreciated.

This is a nice idea - one issue is the camera image stabilisation has issues in low light but I wonder if I can play around with the settings a bit and make it work

@@Londoncycleroutes try it in the best lit areas, maybe when the Xmas lights will be on as well. Stay safe

Haha well it’s basically the population of the city

Some people will always raise objections to anything I suppose!

I’m glad it’s been helpful!

That’s really interesting, I had no idea that was a rule. I also recently learned about NYC’s alternate side rule which would solve some issues here with double parking! (But probably never fly)

@@Londoncycleroutes Just checking back here before I've had a chance to delve further, and one immediate aspect (you've touch on it with NYC) is how much the municipal jurisdiction in *any of our nations* can add on top of federal/national and/or state/provincial legislation. Parking is usually one of those powers granted to the municipal level, and one assumes, *how* one is parked. Many jurisdictions are stymied by the demand for easier cycleways and the opposing demand to leave the number of parking spaces in-situ. Changing how those vehicles are parked (as per all facing the adjacent lane's direction) could be a viable solution rendering safer cycling and driving, and thus much easier for local councils to impose.

@Kirk720 Wow! If that is the case, and even if not realised by many, it sets a precedent for the law to be refined the extra step to make it for 24hrs a day. And indeed, this subject is discussed online further, and here's the law: [Rule 248 You MUST NOT park on a road at night facing against the direction of the traffic flow unless in a recognised parking space.] Laws CUR reg 101 & RVLR reg 24

Just in response to this "Going around the block" idea not being too inconvenient... it is often hellish in London roads. The changes to cycling infrastructure in London over 20 years has been slow but steady, and the last few in particular have been remarkable in many places. However, conflict between transport modes is still often a big issue. Many cyclists are drivers too and I definitely appreciate carsbeing able to park in either direction, rather than cars having to do wild u-uturns, three point turns or double backs to try to park in the direction of trafic... it would also add to cars being on the road for longer. Many streets have been closed in as quiet streets / zones, and changing the flexible parking direction rules risks backlash that can also risk other cycle-friendly changes. One only has to look at the backlash against the ULEZ in west London, despite it being there to help serious health impacts on vulnerable Londoners. As a former Londoner (moving back next year), who cycled to work for 8 years, I was also a driver. The two directional parking on both sides is really critical, and it does slow drivers down. I parked many times facing against traffic, and with so many one-way roads, blocked off roads, no through roads, and other calming methods, it was absolutely critical. Taking this away, in my view, would create a huge impact with very little gain to cyclists. Pulling out of those spots needs painstakingly careful maneuvering, and so the risks to cyclists are pretty minimal.

I would love to do this, for now I think there isn't really a great way but hopefully in the future... I will make an note

good advice, especially on Green Man! I think the Manbey Grove way you suggest is actually the official route and probably makes more sense in this context. I'm used to going this way as I would usually continue down Stratford High Street instead. cheers for watching!

Yes that’s a very sensible suggestion on Bush Rd, I think I probably got lost in the underpasses haha. Re Manbey Grove I think that’s the official C-route and also makes sense for this one. I’m used to using the Morrisons path as this way makes sense when you’re connecting to C2/Stratford high street- but going to Great Eastern as in this video you might as well continue on Manbey as you suggest!

Wow it must have changed quite a bit since then!

@@Londoncycleroutes Some of it, I recognise. ;)

I was just about to comment on that stretch along Whipps Cross Road. I always view these vids as if I'm cycling them myself, and our host cycles as I do, with an attitude of sharing with others, and consideration, even going at a good pace (but not too fast as to not to be able to react to the unexpected), and to look-up the details of the area, I consulted Mr Google. It seems that there's a more inboard of the park path paralleling the one along the A114. As someone ex-London, albeit with a deep primal longing to spend time there again, I'd choose the path along Hollow Pond purely for the visual delight...*if* that path is cycling allowed. Answer anyone? As always, I'm seeing the parts of London by bike that I missed in my various sojourns back in London, last one some fifteen years or so back. These vids present me with a side of London that 'changes everything' on my considered livability there again.

@@stephensaines7100 good question about the path - from open cycle map it doesn't look like the bit right next to the bond is allowed, but there is a bridleway that loops around the back of the pond from where the first crossing is, and back to the road just past the cafe for anyone who doesn't mind a detour. I don't think it's surfaced though so your mileage may vary (literally)

I’ve got Westminster to Richmond park already - have a look at the map of routes linked below! It’s a bit old though I wonder if it could do with an update

I’ve been down there, they’re shaping up really nicely! When they’re finished I’ll definitely be making some videos with them

Yeah they are useless. The administration recently lost its majority on the council so I’m wondering if they’ll even follow through on their threat to remove the existing LTNs

Yep a fair point

Yes agree, an overall plan a good idea!

Disagree, as someone who lives in one of these areas. It's one thing to build new developments without parking and quite another to strip it wholesale from people who have acclimatised to relying on it. You are also arbitrarily removing something they paid £10k+ for in the price of their house, and forcing them to dispose of a car that cost thousands or tens of thousands more. Ordinary people cannot just get this money back! All this from a local council elected with 41% turnout and zero journalistic attention or accountability. I am all for LTNs and for a general policy that you should not be driving into London. However this wholesale attitude of 'just take away everyone's car bish bosh simple' is churlish. It deliberately ignores how an ordinary British lifestyle actually works outside of grad scheme renters.

@@toastehh09 There is a balance/trade-off necessary to benefit the greater good. To properly discuss your point would take too long in this string, but your point does lend itself to backlash to the detriment of all.

@@toastehh09 tend to agree with your overall point about the policy not always being simple!

@@toastehh09 carcoholism treatment involves a shock at some point, yes - in that sense, there will never be a "good time" in which people's habits or prior misjudgements won't be affected - just like there wasn't in Tokyo, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Singapore, Paris, Hongkong, Barcelona... in any city introducing scientifically proven solutions instead of what people seem to feel is right, in short

Thanks that’s interesting - it’s very weird to half build the junction in one direction and not the other! well done for FOIing. I guess the closing the side road option being there but politically difficult had stopped them from just putting in some lights

Yeah that’s a very good point actually

Not saying there isn’t a lot to do but in terms of schemes planned they’re well up there - the Romford Rd scheme is the best Cycleway any borough has planned full stop, they’re gradually getting on with an LTN programme, lots of stuff being built around Stratford, the lanes being constructed from North Woolwich into Canning Town are also as good any any borough has done. And that’s despite not being particularly central

@@Londoncycleroutes I travel between Stratford and Leyton on a daily basis, and is not nice. They dug up around Maryland recently, narrowed the car lanes and put no bike provision at all :-( Got bit better after LTN went in you and can cycle thru back streets. Lets hope they start on Leyton road soon.

@@adamlubkowski1107 ​​⁠yeah Leyton Rd will be a gamechanger for that route I reckon. Main difficulty in route planning atm is the railways crossing everything and there only being a few roads that cross them which currently don’t have cycle provision on them (but hopefully will soon)

Yh, also the areas around Upton Park and East Ham are horrendous for cycling. Hoping that the Romford Road cycle lane fixes that a bit

Newham are rolling out borough wide 20mph soon

Thank you!! Great username btw 👍

Thank you! Yeah I was often surprised when I first started making these videos where I would come across lines so I started noting it

Ditto! It's akin to a jigsaw puzzle, where (the Central Line, for instance) is on a piece of the puzzle, and now once on the board in the right place, the other pieces fall in beside it.

Note to add: I made the above comment before it was pointed out in the vid @08:00. Absolutely agreed!

Yeah that’s a good tip actually! Better way to do it!