Review Date
May 21, 2007

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Reviewed by: mccartney7499 ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Ha...when I first moved here I avoided this trail for months because of it's reputation. It does have some good technical sections including some really big and steep ledges that I'll probably never be able to get up (and I'd really like to see ANYBODY make it up some of them), but it's really a series of short "stunts" that are connected by mostly smooth buffed singletrack. It's not on the same level of say...Plantation Trail in Davis,WV...or even Noble Canyon in San Diego. It is a good, if short, challenging trail. Especially for being smack dab in the middle of Texas.

Recommended Route:
clockwise

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Barton Creek Greenbelt, Muleshoe, Walnut Creek, Lake Georgetown

Review Date
September 18, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 5 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a year

Reviewed by: Gripshiftrules ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
This is the best 5 miles of single track on the planet. I have ridden everywhere (more or less) and now live in Colorado where I ride Winter Park (the social trails, not the marked ones), Moab, Crested Butte and all the rest of rides you hear about, but nothing comes close to the 5 miles of pure fun of City Park. I rode this trail 4 days week from 1990 to 1994 on my fully rigid (no front or read suspension) Cannondale. In those 200 rides I would usually dab twice or 3 times, and I think I cleared the whole thing maybe 5 times. That would send me straight to the Shiner. The trail also sent me to the hospital about 4 times, my roomate and I had a City park stiches contest which he won when he almost ripped off his ear. Cool wreck. Anyway ride this trail, if you can clean it--usually after much pratice-- you can ride anywhere. There is nothing more fun than launching the drops and cleaning the climbs at City Park. Everytime I come back to Austin (once a year or so) I head straight there to get my fix.

Recommended Route:
Follow the signs, and keep on jumping the rocks!

Review Date
June 23, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 5 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: walk neth ,  Racer

Summary:
AWSOME!!! downhills and tough technacle up hills.
cant wait till i do it again

Recommended Route:
main loop

Other recommended trails in the same area:
the "hill of life" on the barton creek greenbelt

Review Date
April 7, 2006

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 2 votes

Reviewed by: Snrboad ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
I came to this trail afret reading all of these posts and thought that i was going to be in for some real tuff stuff. After making the loop. I gave it the seal of great ole' texas lore. Before moving here I heard that texans, when asked if they have been any where else... They say "Well, why would you need to leave Texas?" I think that most of the reviewers are those people. Yes, I agree for the austin area, it is one of the more difficult rides, but, it is not that tough if you have expanded your riding.
Pads: No need if you can get your butt back off your saddle.
Slack head angle comes in handy.
Full Susp: Prefered but not needed.
Helmet: Yes, end of subject

Recommended Route:
Uhhhh... to the left???

Other recommended trails in the same area:
BCGB, WC. that is all.

Review Date
November 27, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 5 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: Madmaxx ,  Downhiller

Summary:
This trail is great for people ready to take that “next step” in their riding. Lots of opportunities to practice slow wheelies over drops, steep descents, and every now and then you actually have to lock up your brakes and hop up what would otherwise be impossible ascents. Try riding it backwards too (lots of fun), but watch out for motor bikers (don’t worry you can easily hear them coming). NOT FOR THE WEAK!!! If you can’t take drops or navigate narrow technical descents, DON’T GO, you could really get hurt. Overall, it’s one of my top five trails in Austin.

Recommended Route:
the route out of the parking lot (then try it backwards)

Other recommended trails in the same area:
nope not tellin'