🚲 Cycling from Islington to Tottenham has got very easy

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  • Опубліковано 2 лют 2025

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  • @deman7251
    @deman7251 Рік тому +13

    Lovely to see LTNs continuing to open up new routes. Here's hoping for Green Lanes cycle lanes in the near future!

  • @_TqM
    @_TqM Рік тому +3

    The new lighting up the otherside of the finsbury park carriageway loop has been wonderful since it went in.

  • @ADAMEDWARDS17
    @ADAMEDWARDS17 Рік тому +7

    Great to see the LTNs are (funnily enough) a good idea people get used to.

  • @keelferm
    @keelferm Рік тому +7

    Well done on your research, impressive. Especially for the shout out for cycle lanes on green lanes!!

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +2

      Thank you! I saw the haringey cabinet member for transport on twitter saying the borough was doing unspecified main road feasibility studies - let’s hope that includes green lanes and they get a move on!

  • @eBoard3R
    @eBoard3R Рік тому +6

    *Another top video*
    🤙🏼👌🏼👌🏼🤙🏼
    Sounded like you said "left hook", very apt, drivers like that properly take you out, knock you out 😱

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +2

      They really do! It’s apparently the accepted term for that kind of ‘manoeuvre ’

    • @eBoard3R
      @eBoard3R Рік тому

      @@Londoncycleroutes btw, there is a lot more of the stratford bike lanes that I thought, will be great once they finish, in 30years lol. Even though it's not open it still bothers me when delivery trucks and random cars park In the lane 😱 Every night it's the same truck for years so I feel they will still do it once it opens 😭

  • @jacc88888
    @jacc88888 Рік тому +10

    Great route! The video quality is top notch. Very enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing.

  • @stephensaines7100
    @stephensaines7100 Рік тому +8

    @2:55, as you commented, it was a close one. Kudos to the cyclist, she had her druthers about her, and graciously signals @3:00. That's the kind of cyclist I like to follow, as the cyclist in front of you can often flag situations you're not yet aware of. Micro-seconds count.
    She also had good physicalform as she cycled...but I digress...

  • @mitchellgiffard1978
    @mitchellgiffard1978 Рік тому +2

    Another great video would love to see a route from Tottenham to Waltham cross.

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +1

      I reckon that can be done!

    • @miz4535
      @miz4535 Рік тому

      You can use the A1010 route for most of the way

  • @_Shadbolt_
    @_Shadbolt_ Рік тому +6

    I have no idea why I watched this one, 50% of it is my daily commute 😅
    But then again, I would never have learnt where Wine Gums come from.

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +2

      Haha sometimes I find it fun to see how other people talk about stuff i already know about!

  • @a1white
    @a1white Рік тому +2

    When I cycle along the C4 extension, in Greenwich, along Trafalgar/Woolwich road I’m constantly having or keep an eye out for cars pulling out of the side roads or left hooking. Happened today.

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +1

      Ouch, stay safe- I’d be interested in reading up on how eg Dutch planners deal with it, it seems like quite a consistent problem on cycle lanes with a lot of side roads here

    • @a1white
      @a1white Рік тому +1

      @@Londoncycleroutes I think a lot of it is driver education. They look if they’re pulling out or across a bus lane but, at the moment, routinely not look if it’s a bike lane. I guess cycling and bike lanes are more engrained in Dutch culture, that it isn’t so much of an issue.

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому

      yeah am not normally one to say driver education is the answer but in this case I think it probably is at least part of it@@a1white

  • @DubGathoni
    @DubGathoni 3 місяці тому +1

    How about Thamesmead to Welling or Dagenham to Romford?

  • @finberryandbridgefieldwild2706

    Another great video, thank you. It would be good to see one using C27 from say Paddington towards Kings Cross/Angel Way. I've tried it before and got a bit confused at turns and what not and had to defer to my phone, so would be good to have a video showing this route.

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +1

      Interesting - I’ve usually avoided that section of C27 because some bits like Crawford St etc aren’t quite up to scratch but if it would be helpful I might do a video- I agree about the turns, I get lost as well! There are different routes in both directions it isn’t symmetrical which makes it annoying

    • @finberryandbridgefieldwild2706
      @finberryandbridgefieldwild2706 Рік тому

      ​@@Londoncycleroutes Its true, some sections are lacking which adds to confusion because you end questioning if you are still on the route! We come into London at Kings Cross so we tried it recently as a way of 'going out West' without having to go down to the river. If it was decent, it could be a good strategic link connecting those 3 stations of Paddington, Euston, Kings Cross. The need for improvements could do with highlighting I think.

  • @susanhinchcliffe8048
    @susanhinchcliffe8048 Рік тому +5

    Finsbury park not advisable to go through at night it is dangerous 😢

    • @highjumpking
      @highjumpking Рік тому +3

      I cycle in Finsbury Park regularly at night. While it’s busy I’m not sure if I would call it dangerous, especially for cyclists

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +2

      Different people def have different thresholds for this sort of thing for sure

    • @liamness
      @liamness Рік тому

      Definitely get some high powered STVZO compliant lights if you're going to go through there at night I think

  • @susanhinchcliffe8048
    @susanhinchcliffe8048 Рік тому +2

    You quick route from hermitage road would have been la rose road direct route to west green road its a LTN neighbourhood

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому

      If you don’t mind going on West Green Road a bit that works!

  • @highjumpking
    @highjumpking Рік тому +2

    Hi mate, out of interest what bike do you use?

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +2

      I used to have a specialised allez 2013 but it got stolen, I now have a 2003 Le Mond Nevada City. tbh they’re not the most appropriate bikes for city riding but use what you’re most comfortable with etc

    • @liamness
      @liamness Рік тому +1

      @@Londoncycleroutes I tend to think a road bike can be perfectly fine for city riding, as long as it has the clearance to put wider, puncture resistant tyres and mudguards on it

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +1

      yeah that's a good point - I certainly like mine and am used to the speed. it does have space for decent tyres but have had a bit more trouble fitting mudguards (though am yet to give up). I do think as well that sometimes safe streets people advocate for the sort of bike they wish was suitable in their city than the one that actually is. a dutch bike is all well and good but honestly sometimes if you are mixing with traffic you probably want a bit of speed to keep up! @@liamness

    • @liamness
      @liamness Рік тому +1

      @@Londoncycleroutes Yeah I've got a big dutch bike and it's great for what I need, as it just keeps trucking with little to no care. But when I go to a different city in the UK, or even just out of my little East London bubble, I can miss the steel frame hybrid I used to have. I am thinking the solution is to have two bikes

  • @janosspindler9219
    @janosspindler9219 Рік тому

    lovely route! is this filmed recently? London looks so green still!

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому

      Thank you! I actually shot it a month or so ago, we did have a late summer!

  • @CyclingSteve
    @CyclingSteve Рік тому

    I mean, they say CS1 is a cycle superhighway...

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому

      It’s certainly improved since it went it, as bit by bit if it gets LTNd

  • @badabing8884
    @badabing8884 6 місяців тому +1

    @2:55 EU16 WMX? disgraceful left hook on that cyclist.

  • @mrigennegi6524
    @mrigennegi6524 Рік тому +2

    Okay! So, as an Arsenal fan. I get it. Spurs have a magnificent stadium. No need to rub it in.
    Many of your Tottenham vids have ended around Spurs stadium, I am beginning to suspect that you might be a Spurs fan. 🧐
    Ha ha.

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +2

      Haha don’t worry I’m not - although I should have mentioned that we passed the Arsenal stadium in Drayton Park!

    • @mrigennegi6524
      @mrigennegi6524 Рік тому +1

      @@Londoncycleroutes I saw that and I had wondered where is the parking.

    • @lordgemini2376
      @lordgemini2376 Рік тому +2

      @@mrigennegi6524 Most people don't drive to the Emirates or any of the London stadiums (West Ham, Chelsea, Tottenham etc) except out of towners heading to Wembley for a game. Are you from London?

    • @mrigennegi6524
      @mrigennegi6524 Рік тому

      @@lordgemini2376 Ok! Thanks for the info. No, I am not from London, not even UK for that matter.
      I am just an Arsenal FC fan.

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +1

      @@mrigennegi6524 as far as I know there isn’t really a proper car park, I think you basically have to come by public transport/walk/cycle -they actually close the roads around the stadium on match days

  • @youngmurphy7556
    @youngmurphy7556 Рік тому

    Sorry. 1080 60fps is unwatchable.

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому +3

      Crank it up to 4K if that helps

    • @stephensaines7100
      @stephensaines7100 Рік тому

      I'm having quite acceptable watchability on 1080p60HD. Even though my ISP has download capacity much higher than that, on this episode, I had to throttle down from higher res due to limitations of the server at the originating end

    • @stephensaines7100
      @stephensaines7100 Рік тому +2

      I've just closed this url, and re-opened it, and streaming now @ 1440p60HD with no interruptions. That being said, there's no apparent improvement in picture quality, just more defined pixels.
      I'm loving the footage though! So many areas of London I've never explored in the past.

    • @liamness
      @liamness Рік тому +3

      @@Londoncycleroutes I'm supposed to be getting fibre this week (in Zone 2 London but still have only a 9Mb/s connection somehow), looking forward to watching your videos without having to choose between blockyness or buffering

  • @sarahdotcom
    @sarahdotcom Рік тому +1

    The Thames water works have disappeared!

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому

      Oh happy days! Let’s hope they don’t come back this time

  • @sarahdotcom
    @sarahdotcom Рік тому +1

    I hate that mini roundabout on St Ann's Road. Coming from North Grove drivers seem completely unaware that there is an entrance to the roundabout there, and do not give way to cyclists.

    • @Londoncycleroutes
      @Londoncycleroutes  Рік тому

      Totally agree, it really needs replacing

    • @sarahdotcom
      @sarahdotcom Рік тому +1

      @@Londoncycleroutes it's the most dangerous part of my commute from South Tottenham to Kings Cross - though the St Ann's LTN seems to have decreased traffic on St Ann's and made it marginally safer.