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NickCJ-
That's why I avoided it on the commute to start with but... I did E&C and the new route this morning...
Best.Commute.Eveuurrrrr.
Straight well maintained roads (well, compared to Peckham/Camberwell Rd), easily manageable traffic and amazing weather, shaved 15 mins off the commute. Such speeds.
Bit of early morning bid sniping to top it off as well.
Good times.
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I would. Much prefer speeding round there than the crappy, tiny side roads around it.
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itsbruce
Nice one, I'm going to overhaul my route completely after this mornings horrendous and genuinely quite scary commute in; featuring two minor rider down incidents and solid angry traffic all the way.
It's been getting worse and worse but today was mental. I'm going to turn this:
New Cross Rd > Queens Road Peckham/Peckham Rd > Camberwell New Rd > Kennington Rd > Black Prince Rd > Lambeth Bridge > Westminster Sq > Whitehall/Trafalgar Sq > Pall Mall
Into this:
New Cross Rd > Old Kent Rd/New Kent Rd > Elephant & Castle > Waterloo Rd/Bridge > The Strand/Trafalgar Sq> Pall Mall
I did it on the way home just now, so much better! The roads just seem to be more open and faster during rush hour compared to my usual route, I could push a nice pace without feeling like I'm going to get killed.
New Kent Rd flyover is always fun to.
Thumbs up!
/CSB