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Cycling the London Marathon route
Hi there,
I heard a rumor that on London marathon day (this Sunday) they shut the roads to cars at around 7am, if you can get onto the route with your bike just after that you can in fact cycle the full route without any cars before the race. 26 uninterrupted miles through central London, sounds great.
Has anyone had a go at trying this in previous years? does it work?
Any advice much appreciated.
Hamish
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7am start hopefully the breakaway won't be caught!
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Plus, officially, the road is Closed, so they're well within their rights to turf you off it. Right of Way is suspended...
Which means that plenty do do this. Of course
Hi, never tried and I would join you, BUT what I have experienced with ride london last year was closed roads after 7am (if I am correct) BUT the route was full of pedestrians mixed with tourists.