Good routes through the city

kboy 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 was thinking about Dalston. I am working in Russell Square, so it would be really close for me. It says something about the traffic in London that a ~3 mile journey takes you 20 mins, though.