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Is there a better way of stopping the Bikemap preview, rather than wrapping code tags around the link?
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Good stuff Nick, glad you've got East Heath road in. It's one of my favourite climbs/descents in North London.
I don't know if the loop of Regent's Park is needed, and Dartmouth Park Hill the whole way is a much more interesting (and less well known) way of climbing most of Highgate Hill without the slightly boring slog up the main road, IMO.
It's also worth considering Wolseley Way out of Crouch End (it's just off the start of Park Road). It starts off as quite a steep climb then turns into Shepherd's Hill then Jackson's Lane which is more of a gradual slog type hill. Not saying we should do this at the expense of Muswell Hill but you could go up it, up to Highgate Tube then up to the Muswell Hill end of Cranley Gardens then left up Muswell Hill the road.
Beyond Highgate it doesn't really get hilly until Torreridge and Whetstone, which is fine if you're heading out into Little Switzerland but probably a bit far for this ride.
+1 on early, too many local residents like Rachel Stevens driving to Cafe Mozart for their morning coffee...
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I have removed this post, replacing it with something of a more authoritative note a little further down.
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How about 26.03.2011?
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Not quite as "zingy" as the South, with less changes between up/down, but I reckon it'd make a pleasant contrast.
Loved the zingy-ness of the South route, climbing the hill from each route.
Highgate West Hill, Hillway, Swain's Lane, Wood Lane, Cranley Gardens, Shepherd's Hill, Muswell Hill, Alexandra Palace, Eath Heath Road, Christchurch Hill, West Heath Road, the graveled cycle path through Hampstead Heath I find are essential for this ride.
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MikeC had a North London Hills Route.
I also started a regular North London Hills ride befer norths. We did it once.
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^^^13th/14th is the new 11th/12th.
That said, decisions by committee are always destined to failure. I hereby draw a line under my previous dribbly suggestion, and propose this-
09.01.11
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
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Figured that I best start a new conversation. It's the response to this one, here.
Some hills then. It's a bit untidy (party due to an inability to draw overlapping bits); though I've ridden this route a ton and it's not that bad at all. Not quite as "zingy" as the South, with less changes between up/down, but I reckon it'd make a pleasant contrast.
Start at St Pancras. Through Camden/Belsize Park, onto Highgate (inevitably), with Muswell Hill and mebe Ally Pally for afters. I'd usually head back to Regents Park for a final mopping up, but horses for courses.
Any more for any more? I never go further North than Hampstead Heath, so I don't know whether or not there's a killer hill just around the corner.
When? Whenever a group could be rustled up. A smallish group, mind. An early group, also. As with the South London trip, a pleasant morning's climbing becomes a frustrating stutter once the Sunday automotive people head for the cappuccino.
Food for thought.