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done this for the last five years and will be there again for the oly distance AG race on sunday morning.
If your race is on saturday - you'll only go as far as the fly over bridge (turning back before the roundabout) and NOT on and through the limehouse link and up to the west end - they only close that part of the course for the sunday olympic distance races and the trip to parliament is only for the pro and sub 2.30 races. Everyone else turns back at tower bridge
the course is kinda flat, but the few short sharp lumps and the crosswind can make it feel more of an effort than it should be. The worst bit is the twisting and turning around excel. Catch a wheel on the kerb of a roundabout and you're picking gravel our of your arse that night - done it myself and seen lots of others do it every year.
as far as bikes go - i've seen people on mountain bikes with full-on knobblies, shopping bikes and fixies. Just ride what you like and enjoy riding. A club mate of mine did windsor last year on his fixie, with a a bike split which wasn't far behind me on my all singing and dancing tt bike - so as always it's not the bike - it's the legs.
If you've any leaning towards tri - London is a must as it's such a huge event. But as there's such a huge number of total newbies it's quite different to events like windsor, eton or milton keynes. With that in mind just remember to engage your brain on the bike course - you'll need it when someone just wobbles out in front of you.