The London Bike Rides app was discontinued on 17th of October 2017. With the introduction of iOS 11 Apple started to phase out older 32 bit apps. As the app was not getting enough sales to justify spending the money to upgrade it, I decided to remove ...
Routes
The cycling I’ll be doing this weekend
With good weather on the way I’m planning a little trip along London’s canals. This is the route I’ll be taking. There’s a fantastic pub on the Thames called The Grapes. It was mentioned in the Charles Dickens novel “Our Mutual Friend” and if you ...
Cycling Box Hill of the Olympic Cycle Route
See also: Where to watch the Olympic Road Race Much of the 2012 road race will done around Box Hill. London Cyclist reader Ian has been investigating the 15.5km route that will be covered nine times by the male cyclists and twice by the women. ...
East London bike ride
Writing's on the Wall is an audio and visual journey by bicycle exploring the changing face of London's East End from Shoreditch to Hackney Wick. Learn about the area through some of the most prolific Street artists who use its architecture as their ...
My favourite London bike ride
This is a guest post by Graham Hills of Bikers Delight. Cycle - eat - cycle - eat - cycle - eat - cycle. The perfect day out?! Combining some of the best grazing in London, with diverse cycling sights, this London bike ride gives a full workout ...
Which route do you choose on your commute?
Each day I head into London and have a choice between 3 great routes. I can either go direct and take the busy A-road. I can go through some quiet residential streets and around Regent’s Park or I can head down the hill and through Camden. When I ...
30 London Cycling Routes
The London Cycling Routes eBook has had a major update. Those of you who have already downloaded the eBook will see the update in your inbox tomorrow. Here are the updates.. 5 new routes added The main feedback people sent me was: “Great stuff! ...
3 great routes to try on the cycle hire bikes
Over the weekend there will be plenty of time to get some good testing of the new cycle hire bikes. Hop on them while they are still nice and shiny! Here 3 great rides you might want to try and here is a map of the cycle hire docking stations for ...
3 of the most circular cycle routes in London
One of the ways to train for a big cycling event is to find some good circular rides that you can repeat. This allows for a constant speed, there is no need to keep checking the route and you can easily keep track of progress. Richmond Park ...
35 London Cycling Routes with GPS
This weekend you could be riding one of the 35 best cycling routes in London.. You may think: Cycling in London involves breathing in fumes on congested roads with taxis and buses all competing for the same bit of road space. The only way to ...
Quirky London cycle route
The Hyde Park Pet Cemetery, the façade houses of Leinster Gardens, cycling down the narrowest street in London and the Mandela Way Tank. What do they all have in common? They are all a little bit random. They also make for an amazingly quirky bike ...
Recommend a cycling route for others
Say your long lost cousin is coming over to visit. All you know about them is their name, they like marmite and they are into their cycling. You know you are not a big fan of marmite and let’s be honest there’s a pretty limited range of conversations ...
Cycling Britain review
“From stone faced guards outside the Queen’s residence at Buckingham Palace to cherry red double-decker buses meandering past Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, London is filled with trademark images. Seeing London on a bike may seem intimidating at ...
Richmond park and Thames route
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will have seen today this blurry picture: I posted it because I wanted to see if everyone could guess correctly where it is. The picture is from Richmond Park and not a single person guessed incorrectly. I ...
How to find and plan the perfect cycling trip in the UK
The UK, I would say, is pretty flat. If you argue with that statement I would say to you that Ben Neviss, the UK’s highest mountain (if you can call it that), is 1344 metres high. Compare that to Everest which is 8,848 metres high then you realise ...
Find London cycle routes
Here is a highly useful collection of websites you can use to plan your cycling route around London. Some, such as the Sustrans website, help you locate where the cycle network routes are and others are good for discovering other peoples recommended ...