I live up in Dalston and really like it. Getting a bit arty farty but still a great place. Good value for money too i think, and if you want a bit cheaper go more towards stoke newington or Hackney central. Around mare street / london fields is nice too
Regarding bike routes I commute Dalston - Mayfair every day and I ride:
Dalston - Balls pond road - essex road - Rosebery av - theobalds road - High holborn - Shaftesbury Av - Mayfair
Record times: dalston - mayfair: 22mins, Mayfair - Dalston: 19mins
I live up in Dalston and really like it. Getting a bit arty farty but still a great place. Good value for money too i think, and if you want a bit cheaper go more towards stoke newington or Hackney central. Around mare street / london fields is nice too
Regarding bike routes I commute Dalston - Mayfair every day and I ride:
Dalston - Balls pond road - essex road - Rosebery av - theobalds road - High holborn - Shaftesbury Av - Mayfair
Record times: dalston - mayfair: 22mins, Mayfair - Dalston: 19mins