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grenwhich park
good for walks crap for cycling
try this itinerary it's platypus approved and very scenic:
start in peckham
east to bird in bush park, cute dirt pump track
south to telegraph hill, great views from the top
south across aspinall road, tiny cut thru
thru brockley, across hilly fields park
south down ravensbourne river path, lovely to bike along
west to blythe hill fields and another great view
west thru honor oak to canonbie road, the greatest hill in london
freewheel all the way to peckham rye and cop a restorative ayran at khan's for 65p
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just took a spin down to peckham, pick up some straps and spacers from wizzz works
honestly, the fact i can ride pretty much to the center of town without touching a major road amazes me for what is something so densely populated. just a little touch of segregated shared use and some purposeful pedestrianisation and you've turned a world city into a bike friendly place.
compared to manchesters approach of "skinny strip on side of big road", "shared use as in we put a bike sign occasionally but also here's a bollard every 200m" and "path where you will be mugged outside of working hours", seems to be quite intuitive. still bitter about their approach tbqh.
bikes nice, rides nice, and the chain is stretching out finally to fit the slightly worn cog. honestly lovely bike
now i finally have the right spacers/ straps for the bag and finishing touches in place, might take a few pictures in a park, is grenwhich park nice? looks quite big, can you ride a bike there?