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Balham to Kings Cross. What I'd really like is a slightly less hideous bridge to go over (I do Blackfriars), but also not to immediately get caught up in a massive clusterfuck getting from the less hideous bridge to Kings Cross, so I can rule out Southwark and Waterloo bridges right off the bat. Battersea or Albert Bridge might be alright, but that'd mean going through Chelsea every morning which is surely worse. Any of the west bridges would also mean crossing Oxford Street and possibly riding along Euston Road D:
Then there's coming in from the east instead, but that can't even be entertained as a reasonable proposal.
Leaving an hour early got me to work in 30 minutes instead of 45, though there wasn't much visible difference in the traffic. Dodging the school run clogging up the street I live on is probably what helped.