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Getting up at 4am was a bastard but not getting stuck behind people walking up any decent hill was worth it. The whole Newlands Corner-Leatherhead section was pain in the arse for it when I did a relatively late start, as was the Kingston to Wimbledon Village bit.
It's a completely different route up into Essex now. No-one knows where the bottlenecks with this route will be.
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Mostly behind the safety car
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Riding up through Leytonstone on the cobbled market street will be one.
Edit: High Road Leytonstone was on a recce ride, it is not on the official route
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If you're in a late wave, pretty much any hill of any length from my experience.
chez_jay
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The times I did it, the most enjoyable rides I had were the early ones. Getting up at 4am was a bastard but not getting stuck behind people walking up any decent hill was worth it. The whole Newlands Corner-Leatherhead section was pain in the arse for it when I did a relatively late start, as was the Kingston to Wimbledon Village bit. Also more riders through each bit is more chance for serious crashes; I hope there aren't any but I doubt it will be like that and the waits can be quite long.
Also, without wanting to sound like a dick, a lot of the earlier waves are the faster riders and usually with a bit more skill and awareness. I found the later start I did was full of people not really realising how many people were around them and causing crashes (guy coming down Leith Hill sitting on his top tube trying to take a selfie was a highlight). I'm glad people enjoy their day but I didn't really enjoy the increased stress of the later waves compared to the earlier ones.