I would recommend the ride I took this week to the Olympic Park. It's so easy, traffic free and gives a view of the capital most people have never seen. It gives away how startlingly near the Olympic Park is to central London. Hop on your bike at Tower Bridge and pedal east through St Katharine's Dock and on to St Katharine's Way. Ahead here, you pick up the waterside route to Shadwell Basin which leads back to the riverside. Don't overshoot the zigzag bike path taking you under the road. Follow the north bank of the river - some say this route is for pedestrians only; even if it is, its a great walk with a fabulous view - until you reach Limehouse. Take a left here into the mega basin where canal boaters prepare to enter the tidal Thames (yep, I've done that too - choppy and a bit scary). Exit the basin following signs to Bow and ride for 20 minutes or so along the inelegantly named Limehouse Cut. You'll fly over locks and slide under the approach to Blackwall Tunnel before reaching elegant Three Mills (Britain's oldest Tide Mill and biggest film/TV studio) and the massive new locks round the back, designed to aid Olmpic Park construction, but never put to use. Cross the canal here and continue northwards and shortly you will reach The Stratford Greenway and Olympic Park.
From here you can explore all sorts of other fascinating areas of North London without any traffic at your backside. For our self guided circular rides to the Park.
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And the conclusion is: Don't/ do not/don't even consider reaching the Park during the Olympics via Stratford station with all the other thousands of people trying to get there by underground. Pick up a Boris bike - there's got to be a docking station near the Park, although as yet I've not seen one and enjoy a quiet pedal.
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