Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Day 33: Delaware, OH to Butler, OH

The surface quality of Ohio's roads is worse than all of the other states I've been through, combined. The ACA maps described Ohio roads as "smooth high quality blacktop...ecellent for bike touring". So far they have been the exact opposite. Full of potholes and cracks. Many of the roads are so bad, you are basically riding on loose gravel. The only good thing about Ohio's roads has been the lack of traffic. A few examples of Ohio roads below: