15/07/2026
Bucket list checked off. Many people do the Ohio to Cinci ride in 5 days. What would I do for half a day each day? So I challenged myself to do it in 3. It ended up being 10/11/10 hours of riding and almost 365 miles including to and from overnight sleeping locations and 16 miles home from Edgewater Park to my home in Avon Lake. Beautiful trail. It’s a shame that 90% of the trail is paved, but the biggest unpaved part is the Towpath trail and it’s the busiest. The crushed limestone makes the ride more technical. The neatest find is the trail through Columbus. By car you would never know this trail exists. Worst: construction on 2 sections without detour signs, and the depressing ride through downtown Akron. You know this area was once something in its heyday. Lesson learned: bring extra shoe clip screws 🤪. Epic: the should carry of my bike down a ravine in the woods to find my way back on the trail bypassing the construction.
