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Okay here are my thoughts:
Layhams = easiest/quickest/fastest/safest to GET TO but load of shite once on it.
Featherbed = ballache to get to OR can follow the same route as Layhams till Corkscrew roundabout and ride the bike path to the bottom of Featherbed; takes longer and a bit boring
Gates green = Shortlands, Coney hall, all okay BUT you either have to go on Layhams or Shire lane or through Downe. Downe is a car park on weekends. Shire lane traffic is lols too.Now I just ride my 'gravel bike' on NCN21 all the way and do some sort of loop away from driving cunts. Still you get impatient cunts Churchfield/Back lane.
But, could be worse, could be in Surrey or Essex.
amey-
I take Orchard Way / Shirly / Spout Hill if going Featherbed. Never seems too bad apart from the tram tracks.
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But, could be worse, could be in Surrey or Essex.
Obviously everyone in London agrees that Lewisham is the best place to live for road riding (and everything really)
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Alternative route I tend to follow (in yellow) with a cheeky private road / gravel section through Addington Palace Golf Club. Then cycle lane on the pavement to the bottom of Gravel Hill*. I'm sure there's a decent route through Addington Hills though.
[*edit: now I've looked at it, not sure why I don't generally cross Gravel Hill to bypass the big junction on Kent Gateway to get to Featherbed]
plasticniki
elswick
chez_jay
I tend to ride Gates Green> Nash Lane> Layhams because of this. Not foolproof but slightly better I reckon. Also, close passes are cool because cycling is an exTreMe sport.