This time of year (winter) I make mental notes on “must avoid” roads. They’re usually in crappy condition in the first place, then get even worst after a few freeze-thaw cycles.
One of those mental notes read “Riverview Rd, north of Rt 82 in Brecksville”.
Only I didn’t follow my own advice. In less than a mile I had a rear flat and a derailleur cable that somehow pulled loose. The flat was fixable but I was faced with riding home 30 miles stuck in the 11-cog. With a climb up the Gorge Parkway in Bedford (painful in the 11).
That was before a Good Samaritan stopped, asked if I needed any help, then drove home and came back with an allen wrench so I could reattach the der cable.
Thanks, man. I will pay that one forward.
(PS. really, stay off Riverview Rd. north of Rt 82 in B’ville.)
You rode there from home??
You are more a man than I!
from your house that ride would be a feat. from mine? not so much.