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On a separate note, is the Lost Lanes book good, looks like a nice idea to actually do some pleasant cycling. Any suggestions for similar books/websites?
Lost Lanes is bloody great, FWIW. This site has a bunch of routes around London, though they aren't verified or rated by users: http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/London-Routes-89.html
Strava also has a thing where you can look at common routes that Strava users tend to use, but I have temporarily forgotten the URL.
Edit: this one - http://www.strava.com/routes/new (you'd need to have a start point and an end point in mind to use it, though)
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On a separate note, is the Lost Lanes book good, looks like a nice
idea to actually do some pleasant cycling. Any suggestions for similar
books/websites?Have a poke about in the TNRC / WNKR threads - there's plenty of lanesy routes.
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Unless you replace cycling with other exercise that's a somewhat simplistic view though. There was a study in spain where it was found that cycling was far more beneficial to health, even taking into account cyclist deaths http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d4521
I must admit I have periods where I lose the will to cycle (my commute is all A roads in central London), just the faff of getting wrapped up in the winter puts me off at times, but whenever I get back and cycle I do enjoy it.
I think I would enjoy it less, and feel more nervous, though if I was slower. Being able to get up to 20mph+ and cycle like a car can make some bits feel far better.
On a separate note, is the Lost Lanes book good, looks like a nice idea to actually do some pleasant cycling. Any suggestions for similar books/websites?