Route advice - Balham to London Bridge

[alexb]

A friend wants to start riding to London Bridge from Balham (Cavendish Road).

Any advice? I don't go that way, so am not sure what to advise. Regular cyclist, but never ridden in London before...

[clarion]

CS7.  Straight through.  Stockwell is daft, Oval a bit less dangerous than it used to be.  Just keep on through E&C & up Borough High St.  Not a difficult route.  Quite a bit of bus lane.

It will probably be a bit of a shock, but there will be a lot of other cyclists about.  Holding the line is important.

Maybe they could ride in with me one time, and I can show them the issues and how to get round them.

[alexb]

That's a nice suggestion. It won't be a for a while now and I might suggest he holds off until work is completed at E&C - however, it'll largely be down to him!

[clarion]

Actually, the Walworth Road RAB is officially no more!  The new junction is open today.

Still some work to be done, and it looks a bit confusing to start with, but I'll give it a few days...