Richmond to Embankment commute time?

pitchshifter

I am about to make an offer on a flat in Richmond. I work at Embankment and am planning on cycling to work every day on a single speed. How long do you think this will take?! I am no slow coach but I don't want to get there really sweaty.

Does anyone on here have a similar route?

Thanks

jonginge

There may be a few on here who take that route

I'm Mortlake to Old Street via Putney bridge, NKR, embankment. Takes 40-45 minutes with a third of that in the last mile or so.

cjcp

Hurrah!

40-45 mins is about right. (I'm Kingston -> Tower Bridge via Embankment.)

Greg T

JonGinge wrote:

Takes 40-45 minutes with a third of that in the last mile or so.

Do you get tired and slow down?

perhaps think about building your distance over time.....

jonginge

Greg T wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Takes 40-45 minutes with a third of that in the last mile or so.

Do you get tired and slow down?

perhaps think about building your distance over time.....

That last mile away from the river is all uphill, I tell ya

tgotb

Another vote for 40-45 minutes. Depending on exactly where you are in Richmond commuting through the park is a lot nicer, and probably quicker.

A lot depends on what time you're travelling; coming across some of the other posters on this thread can easily cut 5 minutes or more off your trip - albeit you'll arrive as a quivering wreck

pitchshifter

Thanks for the quick replies.

It looks like a nice route into work, fingers crossed the landlord accepts my offer.

40-45mins was the time I was thinking so thats reassured me.

Cheers.

prj45

JonGinge wrote:

via Putney bridge, NKR, embankment.

[routegeek]

Why would you go that way when you could go south circ, Wandsworth roundabout, Battersea riverside and Battersea bridge?

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bracketed

Why would you go that way when you could go south circ, Wandsworth roundabout, Battersea riverside and Battersea bridge?

So you can avoid the south circ, Wandsworth roundabout and Battersea Bridge?

prj45

bracketed wrote:

Why would you go that way when you could go south circ, Wandsworth roundabout, Battersea riverside and Battersea bridge?

So you can avoid the south circ, Wandsworth roundabout and Battersea Bridge?

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rjsterry

Whilst the Embankment is greta fun, I'm no fan of the huge queues of traffic that seem to congregate at its western end, and onto NKR. I also don't ind Wandsworth roundabout not unpleasant. Each to their own.

prj45

rjsterry wrote:

I also don't ind Wandsworth roundabout not unpleasant.

Me too, nice smooth surface, can generally keep up with the motorised traffic, good chance to practice some "negotiation".

rjsterry

prj45 wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

I also don't ind Wandsworth roundabout not unpleasant.

Me too, nice smooth surface, can generally keep up with the motorised traffic, good chance to practice some "negotiation".

Glad you worked out what I was on about from that mangled sentence. I still go over it occasionally from Trinity Road to Wandsworth Bridge or vice versa, and don't usually have any problems.