Riding into London from Surrey/Sussex
njee20
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Morning all, apologies I couldn't see a 'routes' section, please move if appropriate. I tend to reside in the MTB fora.
About to start a new job spending a significant amount of time in London, and to offset the exorbitant travel costs I'm planning to cycle in a couple of days a week. I live in deepest West Sussex, so it'll likely be a half drive/half cycle commute most of the time. Welcome any route suggestions though...
The obvious places to start are anywhere in the 'arc' from Guildford round to Dorking, need to end up near Monument tube. I've had a few suggestions on routes, but would welcome anyone's thoughts on here. Even better... does anyone has a GPX of a route they use I can try?
Had originally thought of going from Dorking through Epsom, Cheam, and then using the Cycle Superhighway from Merton into the City, but people have said they're a bit mental with all the cyclists. It's been suggested that Guildford/Cobham/Richmond Park and along the river would be better.
Will be on a road bike, happy to add small detours to avoid busy roads, but don't want to add miles and miles unnecessarily. Any thoughts...!?
About to start a new job spending a significant amount of time in London, and to offset the exorbitant travel costs I'm planning to cycle in a couple of days a week. I live in deepest West Sussex, so it'll likely be a half drive/half cycle commute most of the time. Welcome any route suggestions though...
The obvious places to start are anywhere in the 'arc' from Guildford round to Dorking, need to end up near Monument tube. I've had a few suggestions on routes, but would welcome anyone's thoughts on here. Even better... does anyone has a GPX of a route they use I can try?
Had originally thought of going from Dorking through Epsom, Cheam, and then using the Cycle Superhighway from Merton into the City, but people have said they're a bit mental with all the cyclists. It's been suggested that Guildford/Cobham/Richmond Park and along the river would be better.
Will be on a road bike, happy to add small detours to avoid busy roads, but don't want to add miles and miles unnecessarily. Any thoughts...!?
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Re-post in Commuting Chat and you'll get a lot more replies. More people hang out there than here.0
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Park near Esher station and go from there.0
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Epsom -> Morden etc -> City is more direct than Richmond Park. The CSs are busy, but still rideable.FCN 2-4.
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