I can't explain to myself why I love watching these videos so much, I don't even live in London, hell, not even in the UK. There is just something strangely relaxing yet educational about them.
@@Londoncycleroutes Not sure if you've seen the cycle counters screens that have been installed on Blackfriars Road (south bank) that tell the number of cyclists that have use the infrastructure that day!
On the stretch along the Embankment and I believe under Hungerford bridge there is a cycle counter which gives you an idea of how much that route is used. I used it a lot when I lived in Lewisham for practically any journey going west and there is always cycle traffic using it.
I started cycling about a year ago. I've lived in London for almost 20 years and I was always too afraid to cycle in London. When 2020 hit and the infrastructure started changing for the better, I eventually felt confident enough to give it a go. Now, I commute by bike every day. Thanks to your videos, I've really seen a lot of routes I might take just for the fun of it. I live in Kentish Town so if there's more routes near there you could do, it would be interesting! Thanks!
If you want a fun ride at the weekend, get the train north from Kentish Town to St Albans and then you can ride traffic free accross to Hatfield and get the train back to Kings Cross, or go even further across to Hertford, most off road or quiet streets.
@@Londoncycleroutes Just finished watching, really like the Stratford to Wanstead bit. It isn't too far from me, so I'll try going up there quite soon. Thanks again for these great videos and wishing you many congratulations on the birth of your son Jon 😊
Really like these videos. As a resident of (aptly hilly) Forest Hill, the thing that has got me onto two wheels is the Lime ebikes being rolled out. Am totally not keen on cycling on main roads so these vidoes are so useful. Hopefully ebikes encourage more people not keen on traditional cycling out of their cars.
That’s great to hear and I’ve actually heard several people from south east London saying similar things now! I wish they would extend the TfL hire bikes down that way as well, the new electric ones are great and quite a bit cheaper too
iv been quite impressed by the amount of traffic on the roads, or the lack of traffic on the roads these days, when i was a courier driver around london(yes i was a white van man in the early 90's) it was bedlum. and it was one of the reasons i quit my courier job.
i love these videos so much! i feel like since watching them a year ago i’ve become so much more comfortable on my bike and i understand london’s infrastructure so much better having only started riding 2 years ago
Just encountered your channel (via Twitter actually), love it! One thing that you could add (even if just once in a while) is a corner map where we're at, since my knowledge of London topography is 0 :).
It's a good idea and a few other people have requested this as well actually - I've experimented a little bit but not found a way that works... I might do one that flashes up. The problem I found is it's quite hard to show much detail (and so give people with no knowledge a sense of where they are) without taking the whole screen... I will continue to look at how to do it though!
I’ve been a black cab driver for 38 years lived in Leytonstone for 10 years and Wanstead for 20 where I still live and you’ve shown me roads I’ve never been down great quiet route please keep it up.
Do Stockwell/Camberwell/Kennington to Greenwich/Blackheath. The most straightforward way to do that route involves following the A202/A2 which is quite a dangerous road and it should be avoided by cycles. Also love the vids keep em coming!
A bit redundant now as its a year later but its much quicker going under the motorway at the Green Man roundabout coming out onto Cambridge Road which is parallel to the Eastern Avenue. Its a quiet road with green cycle lanes each way and takes you directly to Wanstead station. It completely cuts out Selsdon and Felstead Roads, to which I am aware you may of included in the video as an alternative extension to this route.
Looks like a reasonable way to do it! Maybe not quiet video quality as it’s still an A road and the lanes don’t have protection but I’d probably be happy to go that way
Thanks for posting these videos. I always find them fascinating and useful. I'm sure years from now people will look back at these videos and say "wow we've come a long with regards to cycling infrastructure ".
Another great vidoe, thank you. Every ride i go on now i can hear you describing where i am going! Keep up the good work, i am writing from Australia and these video's give the best view of London. Cheers Tim
Lovely stuff. Again. Always. I also think it’s really interesting all your comments about the process of cycle infrastructure, the politics, how well it works, how sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve learned a great deal just carefully listening to your commentary. First time heard you say you do requests, so here’s mine: I have 5 routes from Surbiton to Strand and I’m still not happy with any of them. Putney Bridge and Kings Rd or C7 and Waterloo Bridge? I bet you can do better :-)
⚡ *Congratulations on the new baby* ⚡ I'm very fond of the part of the route at near 10mins and I really enjoy skatin the bit under the bridge and then through the tunnel. So nice have that long stretch of protected lanes, with good width. Haha, hearin about the perils of ridin through Whitechapel gave me a little chuckle 😂
I've cycled through the Mansell street junction daily during rush hour for years as part of my commute (although going straight along Whitechapel High street, not turning from Mansell street) and it's very common to find drivers have queued through the junction at that time of day. It's an annoyance but not too much of a real problem for someone like me, but I'd be reluctant to take a child through there. I hope one day they'll improve that junction.
Yes I think I share your assessment exactly - generally fine but at rush hour especially it blocks up and a bit dodgy for kids which is a shame. I don’t know if you saw the Waterloo to Whitechapel video but that was shot not at rush hour and it worked beautifully there so I wonder if it’s fine off peak
@@Londoncycleroutes I watch most of the videos you make in the east end. Even for someone who has lived and cycled here for 10 years there's still plenty of opportunity for you to find a gem of a route that I've overlooked or that was only created recently. Or just for the incidental history lessons. Before the Mansell street cycle lane was constructed I would take Trinity Square, Cooper's row, Crutched Friars and Jewry street to get between CS3 and CS2. That route is mostly contraflow lanes and has no traffic lights but can be a bit hairy during the morning rush hour from drivers turning without seeing you and pedestrians crossing the road without looking. Still, it's a reasonable option if you're making another video out that way to keep it fresh.
The new Mansell Section looks good, when CS3 goes onward from where you left off its becomes a bit of a parody of a cycle lane, 2-way and ridiculously narrow while also being reasonably raised to make it feel like you are perched on a ledge.
Small clarification on the traffic light near Mile End. At 19:16, the red traffic light is for right turns only - cycles have a light phase to cut across traffic and go through Mile End park. Going straight isn't a direct bypass of the light, as there's actually a traffic light for bycicles at 19:17, which was green for you.
Excellent video!! Longer routes like this are really useful as it seems (at least from my own experience) that more and more people are commuting to or from outer London places. Also cool that you pass the architectural destination McGrath Road, home to some cool new homes by Peter Barber Architects 🏘🚴
Lovely video and great commentary. Haven't cycled in London for a while now, interesting to see the improvements. Really interesting to see when the cycle lanes are good you see all the cyclists in them.
I'm unlikely to be cycling in London any time soon, but these videos are interesting for seeing some of the details of the London the visitor never sees, so thanks. (I've been there twice or three times, depending on how you count, so at that rate, maybe I'll make it there again some time in the next ten years. If I do, I'll be sure to bring a heat wave with me. "I always bring warm weather with me" when I travel. Either that, or this global warming thing is real.) I'll try to remember to comment on other videos you do. If I had a request it would be something like St Albans to Potters Bar (or maybe St Albans anticlockwise). That's just because last time I visited friends at St Albans, and ran and walked all over the area, so this would just be idle curiosity on my part. From your point of view, "hemi-semicircles" might become a next phase one day, though? At some point you'll have covered most of the radial routes through the City, so then it's a matter of seeing where "outer circles" go.
I'm not from London but enjoy your videos in order to discover the city. Also congratulation on being a father! I hope he'll ride alongside you in a future London where safe cycle infrastructure will be widespread.
Interesting video! Despite living in Bromley, I’ve never cycled ‘up London’. I tend to head out into Kent and the country lanes. The only cycling infrastructure Bromley council seem to have heard of is a green-painted stripe along the gutter that is full of rocks and broken glass and stuff! One thing that did stand out for me was how flat the route seemed. Was this just the camera ‘flattening’ inclines? If I do a 15 mile ride I will have to do some fairly hefty climbs…
I found your channel earlier and am really enjoying the content! You also seem to know your stuff when it comes to junction geometry/infrastructure. Is that just from cycling experience or do you work for the city? I, myself, work for Transport for London as a traffic system specialist so am very familiar with alot of the cycleways and junctions in London, and it's great to see someone else who knows their stuff! Keep up the great work :)
would love to see you do a cycle route from ilford/seven kings into the city of london as it tends to be quite dangerous getting from ilford to stratford
Congratulations on the new baby. Can’t wait to see videos with a child seat on board and routes to the baby clinic etc. Please could you do some routes between football stadia eg Emirates Stadium to London Stadium? I rode to the playoff final today & got slightly lost in Hackney in both directions. I imagine other fans could find it useful if they want to cycle to watch their team.
Congratulations Papa! Several years ago, just as construction of the CS network delivered the value evident here, I left my London role, so have limited experience of using the protected routes. Look forward to the unbroken nights, while I look forward to more tours of London cycle infrastructure as a new subscriber. The cycle counter certainly emphasises the space efficiency of building protected lanes and modal switch features. The response of the Wolesely van driver that overtakes you at @20.08 and then waits beyond you passing the junction ahead at @20:15 didn't fit the excellent narrative, so I'm mentioning it here as an example of the benefits and value of the network I would have used regularly, had I not changed jobs in 2015.
@@EwanGamingnintendoclubcouk It's unlikely I'll be able to do a video before than, so in advance I'll tell you my route would likely be - Old Broad, Threadneedle, Walbrook, Dowgate Hill, then Cycleway 3 west along Upper Thames Street and the embankment, parliament square, abingdon street, millbank, cycleway 8 along Grosvenor road to Chelsea Bridge, then over that and you're at Battersea Park. It's not perfect but probably the best way
At 27:01 there it is. Lol! You should apply different colour filters for Walthamstow borough (blue) and other boroughs (red) -just as they do in the movies where it is bluish in USA and reddish in Mexico.
@@Londoncycleroutes Yes, you pointed that out. You should definitely make a cycling video of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea with a reddish video colour scheme as a form of symbolic protest against the poor cycling infra (additionally, doing so would be really funny and an inside joke).
Shoutout @14:06 for the Tower Hill Memorial. This commemorates men and women of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and who have no known grave.
Great video, just a quick note on the CYCLOPS junction: they don't slow down traffic because the cyclists go at the same time as the pedestrians, so when cars are already stopped for pedestrians there's no time loss.
I don't think I've been further than Whitechaple! I've done the Thames bluelines loads, once to the end at east india dock, where I was fascinated to see creatures eat my banana in the water.... Okay I just googled as that sounded nuts, FISH EAT BANANAS :O :O :O they loved it. I've not done that connecting corner so will need to try that and reach stratford or wandsworth flats. Idea for video, list the boroughs best to worst.But given I'm in Chelsea wherever I move to will be better, but it is central and it is flat so... x
Great long ride. It was like listening to a podcast. I noticed you passed several hire bikes on the C2. Could you answer a question for me? Do you know if the saddles on the hire bikes are easy to adjust? i would like to use them next time I am in the uk and wonder about getting the right fit for my short legs.
Yes, very easy! There’s a clip on the stem and you just unlock it and move the saddle up and down and then fasten the clip again. I really recommend the Boris bikes, they’re good fun and quite useful!
Thanks for another great video and congratulations on the birth of your son. Some of this route is part of my regular commute, so I have a couple of observations: - if you go left when you get to Stratford (so round past the bus station and Stratford Centre) you can avoid the awkward wiggle round Morrisons by using Grove Crescent Road and crossing onto Manbey Grove. - a big problem with CS2, especially going west, is that it floods when it rains. There are places where the whole cycleway is under water. TfL really needs to get that sorted out. And if you want to do a video going further out east to Ilford, Gants Hill and beyond, go right on Odessa Road, then left on Wooder Gardens and through the other part of the Forest Gate LTN to join up with C16 on the south side of Wanstead Flats at Capel Road.
Very good points - I’ll have to have a play around on C2 east of Stratford, I have to admit I was winging it a bit for that section and wasn’t sure which was the smoothest way to go. This all sounds sensible
RANT_ON @8:02 IMHO Scooter riders are a complete menace... they never look over their shoulder so do bizarre swerves without being aware that there is someone behind them... probably because they would fall off if they looked backwards but still RANT_OFF
Exactly, cars take so much space amd require so much asphalt, compared to bikes. When carrying only 1-2 people, the use of a car is not justified. And the noise..... 🙉
Tradescant Family Memorial @2:49, WalterRitchie @3:56, National Crime Agency @5:26, Newport Street Gallery @6:07, William Blake mosaics @6:47, ... 🤓 & congrats 👶🏼 🍼
I really dont like CS2 as an environment to cycle along, its just a horrible road to be involved with, heavily polluted, with low quality drivers, boy racers, gig economy delivery mopeds etc plus illegal electric mopeds on the cycleway etc, its also a major route for emergency vehicles, I always cut through Shoreditch/Victoria Park from central to Stratford, Ive done some exploring in the area between Whitechapel and Victoria Park and there seems to be lots of mini quiet ways round there buts its quite confusing as its mostly a jumble of identikit post-war estates.
I can't explain to myself why I love watching these videos so much, I don't even live in London, hell, not even in the UK. There is just something strangely relaxing yet educational about them.
Thank you for watching and the nice comment! glad you like em
I am the same with New York based cyclists, ever since lockdown and I live in London. I can't explain it either
The cyclist counter is very cool, really shows how much of a better use of space cycle infra is :)
thank you! it was quite fun to do but a bit time-consuming... I might do it again on future videos if I do them at rush hour!
@@Londoncycleroutes Not sure if you've seen the cycle counters screens that have been installed on Blackfriars Road (south bank) that tell the number of cyclists that have use the infrastructure that day!
On the stretch along the Embankment and I believe under Hungerford bridge there is a cycle counter which gives you an idea of how much that route is used. I used it a lot when I lived in Lewisham for practically any journey going west and there is always cycle traffic using it.
I started cycling about a year ago. I've lived in London for almost 20 years and I was always too afraid to cycle in London. When 2020 hit and the infrastructure started changing for the better, I eventually felt confident enough to give it a go. Now, I commute by bike every day. Thanks to your videos, I've really seen a lot of routes I might take just for the fun of it. I live in Kentish Town so if there's more routes near there you could do, it would be interesting! Thanks!
That’s brilliant - and there’ll be plenty more coming from Kentish Town soon!
If you want a fun ride at the weekend, get the train north from Kentish Town to St Albans and then you can ride traffic free accross to Hatfield and get the train back to Kings Cross, or go even further across to Hertford, most off road or quiet streets.
The van waiting at 20:10 is not something I often see in Manchester from vans, nice to see it 😁
oh yeah fair play to that guy, decent driving!
Wow Stockwell to Wanstead is a long distance, better get ready with some snacks to watch this one 👍
haha I didn't realise quite how long it was until I came to edit it!!
@@Londoncycleroutes Just finished watching, really like the Stratford to Wanstead bit. It isn't too far from me, so I'll try going up there quite soon. Thanks again for these great videos and wishing you many congratulations on the birth of your son Jon 😊
@@lordgemini2376 thank you! and that as the bit I was most pleased with, shows what LTNs can do
Congrats on the baby! My baby son was also born at St Thomas' 3 months ago!
Congrats to you too! hope all went well, we were so impressed with the hospital, fantastic place
Cycling near canals from Bethanal green to Olympic park is nice views as well
Some nice paths around there too yes!
I look forward to these videos every week, they're now part of my regular viewing schedule
Lovely to hear this! I try to keep them regular, though sometimes life gets in the way!
Thanks for doing this vid. You went straight past my Great Aunty's house on Felstead Road. Will be trying it out from Whitechapel onwards.
Always fun when I go past someone’s house! thanks for watching and enjoy the ride!
Nice to see almost all the scaffolding gone from Big Ben now.
It looks great doesn’t it!
Really like these videos. As a resident of (aptly hilly) Forest Hill, the thing that has got me onto two wheels is the Lime ebikes being rolled out. Am totally not keen on cycling on main roads so these vidoes are so useful.
Hopefully ebikes encourage more people not keen on traditional cycling out of their cars.
That’s great to hear and I’ve actually heard several people from south east London saying similar things now! I wish they would extend the TfL hire bikes down that way as well, the new electric ones are great and quite a bit cheaper too
iv been quite impressed by the amount of traffic on the roads, or the lack of traffic on the roads these days, when i was a courier driver around london(yes i was a white van man in the early 90's) it was bedlum. and it was one of the reasons i quit my courier job.
To be fair I try to stick to the quiet ones!
Congratulations on the baby!! Excited for cycle to school content in the not too distant future! Love the longer route, thanks as always
Thank you for watching!
i love these videos so much! i feel like since watching them a year ago i’ve become so much more comfortable on my bike and i understand london’s infrastructure so much better having only started riding 2 years ago
that is amazing to hear, very pleased! Will see what I can do on the ilford route
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Congratulations!!!!
Thanks v much!
Just encountered your channel (via Twitter actually), love it! One thing that you could add (even if just once in a while) is a corner map where we're at, since my knowledge of London topography is 0 :).
It's a good idea and a few other people have requested this as well actually - I've experimented a little bit but not found a way that works... I might do one that flashes up. The problem I found is it's quite hard to show much detail (and so give people with no knowledge a sense of where they are) without taking the whole screen... I will continue to look at how to do it though!
You should do a collab with Jeremy Vine where you contrast the serenity of cycling on protected lanes with the madness of HSK
That would be fun!
I enjoyed that video. Good stuff 👍
Thanks for watching!
the cyclist counter on the embankment was really well done. Looking forward to seeing that done on other busy segments in future videos
Thank you! I’ll definitely try and include it, it was quite fun to count
I’ve been a black cab driver for 38 years lived in Leytonstone for 10 years and Wanstead for 20 where I still live and you’ve shown me roads I’ve never been down great quiet route please keep it up.
thanks so much, really nice to hear this from a London cabbie as you guys really know your stuff! cheers for watching
Do Stockwell/Camberwell/Kennington to Greenwich/Blackheath. The most straightforward way to do that route involves following the A202/A2 which is quite a dangerous road and it should be avoided by cycles. Also love the vids keep em coming!
this is a good idea, and doable - think I'll do a video asap
Congrats on the new baby! Really helpful route as well!
Thank you on both counts!
A bit redundant now as its a year later but its much quicker going under the motorway at the Green Man roundabout coming out onto Cambridge Road which is parallel to the Eastern Avenue. Its a quiet road with green cycle lanes each way and takes you directly to Wanstead station. It completely cuts out Selsdon and Felstead Roads, to which I am aware you may of included in the video as an alternative extension to this route.
Looks like a reasonable way to do it! Maybe not quiet video quality as it’s still an A road and the lanes don’t have protection but I’d probably be happy to go that way
Congratulations on the new arrival!
Great video as always mate, love this channel.
Thank you! Very kind
Thanks for posting these videos. I always find them fascinating and useful. I'm sure years from now people will look back at these videos and say "wow we've come a long with regards to cycling infrastructure ".
I was hoping that as well, they'll be a bit of an antique - if we're lucky!
Great Video as always, Jon! Congratulations on the new baby, too!
Thanks very much Renan!
thanks for this route and congratulationss to you and your on your new arrival!!
Thank you very much!
Congrats on the baby!! May it enjoy a future of great cycle infrastructure!
Thank you and I hope he will!
Nice video. Wish we had a glasgow equivalent 👍
One day I hope! Things can change fast
Another great vidoe, thank you.
Every ride i go on now i can hear you describing where i am going!
Keep up the good work, i am writing from Australia and these video's give the best view of London.
Cheers
Tim
Haha that’s brilliant, glad I’m making an impression! thanks for watching
Lovely stuff. Again. Always.
I also think it’s really interesting all your comments about the process of cycle infrastructure, the politics, how well it works, how sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve learned a great deal just carefully listening to your commentary.
First time heard you say you do requests, so here’s mine: I have 5 routes from Surbiton to Strand and I’m still not happy with any of them.
Putney Bridge and Kings Rd or C7 and Waterloo Bridge?
I bet you can do better :-)
Thank you John - I’ll give it a go!
@@Londoncycleroutes Yay !!
Awesome video thanks. Great to show a longer route.
Glad the length didn’t put you off! I always worry
I couldn't help the thumbnail. Good thing though. Good video😊😉
Thank you!
@8:00 Congratulations!
Thank you!
⚡ *Congratulations on the new baby* ⚡
I'm very fond of the part of the route at near 10mins and I really enjoy skatin the bit under the bridge and then through the tunnel. So nice have that long stretch of protected lanes, with good width.
Haha, hearin about the perils of ridin through Whitechapel gave me a little chuckle 😂
Thank you! And that is good to hear haha
Thanks for the tips! I find more protected ways south of the river and so really helpful to see how you came up through quiet ways
Thanks for watching! i love to mix up the quiet and protected routes, keeps it interesting!
I've cycled through the Mansell street junction daily during rush hour for years as part of my commute (although going straight along Whitechapel High street, not turning from Mansell street) and it's very common to find drivers have queued through the junction at that time of day. It's an annoyance but not too much of a real problem for someone like me, but I'd be reluctant to take a child through there. I hope one day they'll improve that junction.
Yes I think I share your assessment exactly - generally fine but at rush hour especially it blocks up and a bit dodgy for kids which is a shame. I don’t know if you saw the Waterloo to Whitechapel video but that was shot not at rush hour and it worked beautifully there so I wonder if it’s fine off peak
@@Londoncycleroutes I watch most of the videos you make in the east end. Even for someone who has lived and cycled here for 10 years there's still plenty of opportunity for you to find a gem of a route that I've overlooked or that was only created recently. Or just for the incidental history lessons.
Before the Mansell street cycle lane was constructed I would take Trinity Square, Cooper's row, Crutched Friars and Jewry street to get between CS3 and CS2. That route is mostly contraflow lanes and has no traffic lights but can be a bit hairy during the morning rush hour from drivers turning without seeing you and pedestrians crossing the road without looking. Still, it's a reasonable option if you're making another video out that way to keep it fresh.
@@Ladadadada oh yes I used to go that way, I think I use it on the Forest Gate to I think London Bridge video which I shot before Mansell was done
Congrats on the baby, and thanks for another great video! Could you do Stratford to Canary Wharf?
Thank you and yes definitely! Will add to list
Great video and commentary. Keep 'em coming.
Cheers, much appreciate the feedback!
big congrats on the Lil one.
was wondering about a route from Greenford station to Woolwich. Sorry, I do long rides and enjoy watching your rides.
That’s a long one! I can have a look, I think it might run into the Kensington high street issue for now…
The new Mansell Section looks good, when CS3 goes onward from where you left off its becomes a bit of a parody of a cycle lane, 2-way and ridiculously narrow while also being reasonably raised to make it feel like you are perched on a ledge.
I don’t mind that bit at all! It’s a bit on the narrow side but nicely separated
Congrats on the new arrival, and brilliant work on the video as ever!
Thanks very much mal!
Congratulations on the new arrival. 👏
Another great video. Keep up the good work. 🙂
Thanks very much as ever!
Small clarification on the traffic light near Mile End.
At 19:16, the red traffic light is for right turns only - cycles have a light phase to cut across traffic and go through Mile End park.
Going straight isn't a direct bypass of the light, as there's actually a traffic light for bycicles at 19:17, which was green for you.
ooops yes you're right sorry, I must have got confused when I was doing the commentary!
congrats! hopefully mum and bub are all ok?
Thank you and yes both are now doing very well! the baby loves milk, surprisingly
Excellent video!! Longer routes like this are really useful as it seems (at least from my own experience) that more and more people are commuting to or from outer London places. Also cool that you pass the architectural destination McGrath Road, home to some cool new homes by Peter Barber Architects 🏘🚴
Thanks Merlin, I think this is one of my personal favourites! I didn’t realise we’d gone past a Peter barber building, I love his stuff!
Looking forward to videos of cycle routes suitable for when towing kid trailers 😁
Haha yes I will probably have to do these!
Lovely video and great commentary. Haven't cycled in London for a while now, interesting to see the improvements. Really interesting to see when the cycle lanes are good you see all the cyclists in them.
Thanks for watching - it’s changed a lot hasn’t it, even in the last few years
Great videos!
if I could suggest a route: Brixton to South Kensington.
Good plan, I’ll give it a go!
I'm unlikely to be cycling in London any time soon, but these videos are interesting for seeing some of the details of the London the visitor never sees, so thanks. (I've been there twice or three times, depending on how you count, so at that rate, maybe I'll make it there again some time in the next ten years. If I do, I'll be sure to bring a heat wave with me. "I always bring warm weather with me" when I travel. Either that, or this global warming thing is real.)
I'll try to remember to comment on other videos you do. If I had a request it would be something like St Albans to Potters Bar (or maybe St Albans anticlockwise). That's just because last time I visited friends at St Albans, and ran and walked all over the area, so this would just be idle curiosity on my part. From your point of view, "hemi-semicircles" might become a next phase one day, though? At some point you'll have covered most of the radial routes through the City, so then it's a matter of seeing where "outer circles" go.
really glad you're enjoying the videos! St Albans is probably a bit far out for now but you never know!
I'm not from London but enjoy your videos in order to discover the city. Also congratulation on being a father! I hope he'll ride alongside you in a future London where safe cycle infrastructure will be widespread.
Thank you so much, this is also my dream, and when he can ride independently!
Great video & footage Defnantily a long route but useful shortcuts & Nice view of the cyclist in the red shorts
It was very long!
Interesting video! Despite living in Bromley, I’ve never cycled ‘up London’. I tend to head out into Kent and the country lanes.
The only cycling infrastructure Bromley council seem to have heard of is a green-painted stripe along the gutter that is full of rocks and broken glass and stuff!
One thing that did stand out for me was how flat the route seemed. Was this just the camera ‘flattening’ inclines? If I do a 15 mile ride I will have to do some fairly hefty climbs…
It was actually mostly flat, now that you mention it! I guess we were mostly on the flood plane if the river
mfw london cycle routes drops a new video 🙃
i dont even live anywhere near london
haha thank you very much for watching pal, appreciate it and glad you're tuning in
Thanks. How about doing a London by bike on a sightseeing tour.
Definitely want to do something like this, need to work it out!
Love your videos! Any plans to cycle from Westminster/Victoria to South East i.e. Peckham/Forest Hill way? Thanks!
I’ll see what I can do, may be possible!
By the way check out Peckham - Waterloo which should help most of that way
I found your channel earlier and am really enjoying the content! You also seem to know your stuff when it comes to junction geometry/infrastructure. Is that just from cycling experience or do you work for the city? I, myself, work for Transport for London as a traffic system specialist so am very familiar with alot of the cycleways and junctions in London, and it's great to see someone else who knows their stuff! Keep up the great work :)
Cheers Joe, and good to chat to you the other day! I'm learning a little by osmosis, mostly by talking to people like yourself lol
would love to see you do a cycle route from ilford/seven kings into the city of london as it tends to be quite dangerous getting from ilford to stratford
I reckon I might be able to do this! Think I’ll give it a go
Congratulations on the new baby. Can’t wait to see videos with a child seat on board and routes to the baby clinic etc. Please could you do some routes between football stadia eg Emirates Stadium to London Stadium? I rode to the playoff final today & got slightly lost in Hackney in both directions. I imagine other fans could find it useful if they want to cycle to watch their team.
Thank you and yes that’s a good idea - someone has already suggested Arsenal-Tottenham so this is also a good one
Congratulations Papa! Several years ago, just as construction of the CS network delivered the value evident here, I left my London role, so have limited experience of using the protected routes. Look forward to the unbroken nights, while I look forward to more tours of London cycle infrastructure as a new subscriber. The cycle counter certainly emphasises the space efficiency of building protected lanes and modal switch features.
The response of the Wolesely van driver that overtakes you at @20.08 and then waits beyond you passing the junction ahead at @20:15 didn't fit the excellent narrative, so I'm mentioning it here as an example of the benefits and value of the network I would have used regularly, had I not changed jobs in 2015.
Thanks very much Dan - and that’s an excellent point about the van. All the best and thank you for watching!
Wow!!
Thanks for watching!
amazing route, could you possibly have a look at a route from the Woolwich area please? :)
Yes! I’m planning a woolwich into central route, in fact I have already ridden it but need to film properly
Great route! I'd love to see a route from Liverpool Street Stn to Battersea Park
Good idea! I’ll see what can be done
@@Londoncycleroutes Thanks! I’m doing that route on the morning of the 24th as part of a London to Paris ride
@@EwanGamingnintendoclubcouk It's unlikely I'll be able to do a video before than, so in advance I'll tell you my route would likely be - Old Broad, Threadneedle, Walbrook, Dowgate Hill, then Cycleway 3 west along Upper Thames Street and the embankment, parliament square, abingdon street, millbank, cycleway 8 along Grosvenor road to Chelsea Bridge, then over that and you're at Battersea Park. It's not perfect but probably the best way
@@Londoncycleroutes Thanks so much! That's really helpful
At 27:01 there it is. Lol! You should apply different colour filters for Walthamstow borough (blue) and other boroughs (red) -just as they do in the movies where it is bluish in USA and reddish in Mexico.
And congrats!!!
Haha that is a good idea! They seem to be doing it themselves with the different colour tarmac…
@@Londoncycleroutes Yes, you pointed that out.
You should definitely make a cycling video of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea with a reddish video colour scheme as a form of symbolic protest against the poor cycling infra (additionally, doing so would be really funny and an inside joke).
Shoutout @14:06 for the Tower Hill Memorial. This commemorates men and women of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and who have no known grave.
Interesting, I didn’t know this!
NIce ride
Thanks for watching!
What was the distance of this considering it's around 70 minutes I imagine about 15-16 miles in London? Thank you for the video!
Yep it was about 14 miles, or 22km! And thank you for watching
have you got one for hackney to soho? the cycle route from clapton through islington and angel into soho is pretty quiet for the most part.
that's a good one, will give it a go
Great video, just a quick note on the CYCLOPS junction: they don't slow down traffic because the cyclists go at the same time as the pedestrians, so when cars are already stopped for pedestrians there's no time loss.
Good point! important distinction
I don't think I've been further than Whitechaple! I've done the Thames bluelines loads, once to the end at east india dock, where I was fascinated to see creatures eat my banana in the water.... Okay I just googled as that sounded nuts, FISH EAT BANANAS :O :O :O they loved it. I've not done that connecting corner so will need to try that and reach stratford or wandsworth flats. Idea for video, list the boroughs best to worst.But given I'm in Chelsea wherever I move to will be better, but it is central and it is flat so... x
Yes that’s a good idea!
@@Londoncycleroutes yeah vent x
Great long ride. It was like listening to a podcast.
I noticed you passed several hire bikes on the C2. Could you answer a question for me? Do you know if the saddles on the hire bikes are easy to adjust? i would like to use them next time I am in the uk and wonder about getting the right fit for my short legs.
Yes, very easy! There’s a clip on the stem and you just unlock it and move the saddle up and down and then fasten the clip again. I really recommend the Boris bikes, they’re good fun and quite useful!
@@Londoncycleroutes Thank you. It will be fun to follow some of your routes next year when I return to spend some time there.
Thanks for another great video and congratulations on the birth of your son. Some of this route is part of my regular commute, so I have a couple of observations:
- if you go left when you get to Stratford (so round past the bus station and Stratford Centre) you can avoid the awkward wiggle round Morrisons by using Grove Crescent Road and crossing onto Manbey Grove.
- a big problem with CS2, especially going west, is that it floods when it rains. There are places where the whole cycleway is under water. TfL really needs to get that sorted out.
And if you want to do a video going further out east to Ilford, Gants Hill and beyond, go right on Odessa Road, then left on Wooder Gardens and through the other part of the Forest Gate LTN to join up with C16 on the south side of Wanstead Flats at Capel Road.
Very good points - I’ll have to have a play around on C2 east of Stratford, I have to admit I was winging it a bit for that section and wasn’t sure which was the smoothest way to go. This all sounds sensible
Where is your camera mounted, is it on your chest or handle bars?
It’s on the handlebars!
Just a comment.. when you entered Wanstead Flats you crossed over into The London Borough of Redbridge
Thanks good info!
Are all the boroughs lax about trimming overgrowth? Some of it is just negligent, impeding almost the entire path.
Yeah they generally have no money these days and stuff like basic maintained is as bad as I can remember
@@Londoncycleroutes I understand. Sounds like great opportunity for charity work by a local bike group.
Can you please do a video riding from London to Hartfordshire
Any particular bit you’d be keen on? It’s tricky but I’m hoping to do something to Waltham Cross one day
@@Londoncycleroutes borehamwood
@@DamianWaite-d9h will see what I can do!
@@Londoncycleroutes thankyou
Fab
Thanks for watching!
RANT_ON @8:02 IMHO Scooter riders are a complete menace... they never look over their shoulder so do bizarre swerves without being aware that there is someone behind them... probably because they would fall off if they looked backwards but still RANT_OFF
I’m in two minds about them! Sometimes they seem practical but others not…
Does anybody else want to know what month and what temperature during these rides? This looks like autumn, maybe 15 to 20 C?
This one was shot in the early summer or late spring!
Exactly, cars take so much space amd require so much asphalt, compared to bikes. When carrying only 1-2 people, the use of a car is not justified. And the noise..... 🙉
makes a big difference!
Tradescant Family Memorial @2:49, WalterRitchie @3:56, National Crime Agency @5:26, Newport Street Gallery @6:07, William Blake mosaics @6:47, ... 🤓 & congrats 👶🏼 🍼
you forgot 3am baby crying,,,,4.30 am baby crying....6am baby crying
Hahah
Very useful, I only knew some of these!
5:16 the highway order of hierarchy shouldn't you have let the pedestrian cross?
If you look carefully you can see I paused to let her cross but she stopped and let me through (easier to see on half speed)
The bits after Stratford and around Forest Lane is awful. The roads are not too bad, but the signaling is terrible to keep you in the "cycle way".
I don’t think most of that is a designated cycleway at all it’s mostly just a route I’ve made up!
I really dont like CS2 as an environment to cycle along, its just a horrible road to be involved with, heavily polluted, with low quality drivers, boy racers, gig economy delivery mopeds etc plus illegal electric mopeds on the cycleway etc, its also a major route for emergency vehicles, I always cut through Shoreditch/Victoria Park from central to Stratford, Ive done some exploring in the area between Whitechapel and Victoria Park and there seems to be lots of mini quiet ways round there buts its quite confusing as its mostly a jumble of identikit post-war estates.
Yes I agree, on paper it should be good but there’s something quite unpleasant about the road sometimes
That's a long long ride. Re comments about poor infrastructure or lack of maintenance, have you ever had a councilor say "saw the video and fixed it"?
Officers have got in touch before! Smaller stuff like fixing signs and leaf clearance etc. I do know that cllrs watch the videos as well
@@Londoncycleroutes Brilliant. Need you to do Hertfordshire Cycle Routes in that case!