"Barclays Cycle Superhighways"??

[Kermit power]

This sounds like a very grandiose title for what I imagine is a slightly tarted up cycle route, but does anyone have any experience of them for commuting?

Specifically, I'm looking at the one which runs up the A24 through Tooting, Streatham and E&C, as it's the obvious choice if I start cycling from Epsom to Waterloo for work.

Depending on the weather, I'm going to give it a try tomorrow to work the route out, but was wondering if anyone has any experience of this route in rush hour? Is it decent, or crowded with traffic? Am I likely to get mugged, looking at some of the areas it runs through?

[Kermit power]

That sounds good. The one up the A24 is pretty much dead straight line, so sounds like I might get the best of both worlds.

[Mr Will]

Kermit power said:

That sounds good. The one up the A24 is pretty much dead straight line, so sounds like I might get the best of both worlds.

I've used bits of the one you are planning on taking on a fairly regular basis, it's pretty good as far as cycle lanes go.

[princeperch]

thats a fair distance to be going daily if you havent commuted before

[Kermit power]

princeperch said:

thats a fair distance to be going daily if you havent commuted before

I used to do Epsom to Hammersmith at a previous job, which was only a couple of miles shorter. The fact that it's pretty much flat the whole way helps too!

[louiebaby]

The one that runs through Clapham to the City is great until it starts messing about around Elephant and Castle. I have a slightly different route which involves branching off just after Oval on the way in, which avoids the problems of E&C, and is significantly quicker.

Try putting the two postcodes into Google and play about with the most direct route.