Do you have a favourite/nightmare place to ride in London?

clefty [quote]noggin Nightmare:
Kennington Park NE from Oval to Kennington tube (down the white line with 2 lanes of maniacs on either side)

Ha the white line of death! I have a love hate relationship with that every morning, similar going the other way when you have to get over to the right hand lane as it splits into 3, then always trying to beat the lights at the Junction outside Oval station - only managed it a couple of times and you have to be going some to do it.[/quote]

Oval to Kennington tube, this is how you do it;

1. Wait for the lights at Oval tube to turn green, there's no point jumping the right turn filter.

2. Roll forward towards the lights 25 metres infront of you - no need to go mad, but try and keep a clear line in front of you

3. Keep it rolling and look over to the right for the lights controlling the traffic that comes in from the right. As soon as these lights change start your sprint.

4. The lights in front of you will change as you go through them, you should be approaching 20mph by now - the cars are starting from stationary so you can pull a huge gap.

5. Check your shoulder, give a hand signal and pull right in time to hit the cycle that runs down the middle.

They key is to time your sprint so that you can pull a big gap on the traffic behind you.