On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Paul Luton wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

I live in Finsbury Park, and am currently working in North Finchley. I've
been getting there by public transport so far, but now that the weather is
going a bit less jungle-like, i would like to start cycling.

Any thoughts on a route?

For travel in London I find that the TFL Journey Planner with mode set to
bike gives a route worth trying.
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/use...T2?language=en
The journey times are less silly than you might expect given all the
variables.

I am usually a bit skeptical about the Journey Plannery - it often gives
stupid results for public transport journeys, and if it can't even get
that right, i don't hold out much hope for its cycle routes.

In this case, it tells me to take the Greenway to Highgate, and then the
East Finchley route i described from there. That's not a bad route in
distance and climb terms, but i don't find the Greenway very fast to
travel on, due to the surface. I might give it a go on the way home,
though.

tom

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