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

borough high st must have the worst surface though, but I hardly use it.

Haha, my goodness, yes indeed! I remember cycling down Borough High Street on one occasion, looking down at the road surface and having a bit of a "what the fuck?" moment. I mean we all know there are roads with shit surfaces, I've cycled down Borough High Street enough times to know that it is one of them, but bloody hell. It just takes the piss that a road in the centre of London can be so appallingly bad. There are parts that look like they stripped off the top layer ready to resurface it and then just never bothered to. When was that surface actually put down?

Rotherhithe Tunnel must be the worst tunnel ever. Everything goes bless from the start, till you hit 1/3 - fumes are unbearable. Done it once - never again.

I love the Rotherhithe Tunnel, especially when drunk. It's like spending a few minutes in a strange alternate universe.

this road in manchester would be comparable to potholes in oxford street
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8025935.stm

great topic for a soon to be transplant like me! thanks!

hate: park lane, stuff round victoria ECx (mon-fri)
love: edware, marylebone, euston, fulham roads, ECx(w/ends)

loved tonight.
riding home from paddington to putney.
2 red lights, all the way, one on shepherds bush roundabout, one outside home.
nailed it.

hated tonight.
fucking mcfly, fucking concert at hammersmith,.

stupid fucking fulham farmers, and cuntish chelsea mums.
nearly got hit just sitting there waiting for a car to turn around.

and who the fuck are mcfly? and why were there so many tweens there?

Post 1 on a subject dear to my heart...

Love: South Carriage Drive, Holland Park, Roseberry Avenue, Ludgate Hill/Fleet Street/Strand (on a Sunday)

i couldn't agree more. especially sunday bit
also i really like the hill next to buckingham palace on the way up to wellington arch (hyde park corner); there's a great strip of really smooth tarmac in the middle of the road where you can really open up - great.

Love : Any where in going down regent street.
Hate: any up hill!!

Hate:
Bishopsgate. Although they have fixed bits of it, some of it still has a fucking terrible surface. Add cabs, buses, coaches, cops, pedestrians and too many traffic lights, and it all adds up to a nightmare.
Brick Lane: Broken glass central, plus that blocked off bit in the middle, and pedestrians everywhere.
The Strand. Yes dearie you do have to look before crossing the road.

Love
Anywhere with smooth tarmac, minimal traffic lights, light traffic and no speedbumps.
The Mall
The tunnel under hyde park corner roundabout. Usually empty and you can get a nice speed in there. Bit of a PITA climbing the other side though :-)