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@MuswellGreg
Old commute:
Best - getting a clear run north on Tottenham Court Road taking you all the way to Camden - if you get the lights you can absolutely fly, especially coming up to Mornington Crescent. Love stopping at the lights by Camden Tube with your heart bursting out your chest :-)
Worst - Kentish Town High Street. Busy, dangerous, woeful surface, puncture central, often a huge pallet of veg in the road by the station in the mornings as well. Plenty of crazy cyclists doing strange things in the traffic as well. Also hate Shaftsbury Avenue, so busy!
New commute:
Best - belting up the bus lane on Archway Road from the roundabout to Highgate tube. Sometimes end up with someone cheeky hanging off my back wheel... Never too sure about that!
Worst - Holloway road is never a massive attraction, lots of traffic, never feels safe, and you have to wait at the lights for ages in places.