If you wish to only ever experience the cycle equivalent of a stroll, live and work east of Liverpool Street. You will literally never climb hills again. You'll become like one of those cows that lives on the side of a mountain and can only walk at that exact gradient which may be a myth created by Yahoo answers but makes for a pretty amazing mental image either way. Enjoy your flat, dull cycle-life, just back and forth between Bow Road and Whitechapel stations, ad infinitum. Do not be alarmed when your muscle mass slowly melts away and is replaced by cupcake rolls courtesy of weekend trips to Broadway Market.