DISQUS

Robert House · 8 months ago

Thanks for posting this!

Mike C. · 8 months ago

This review is dead on. There are enough challenges for most riders, but you do need to be in decent condition to climb. I've been to GC on a few occasions and wind up having to hike at least 40% of the time. Be sure to fill up your hydration pack and toss a couple of bottles of water in the pack for good measure. You don't want to get caught in the back of the park without water.

Dave P · 4 months ago

Would've wrote it myself but you nailed it down for me! with the exception of riding the outer most circuit in a clockwise direction. It left me ass-kicked, dry and cramping! Riding down the benign freeride-ish Far Reaches at the end helped in cooling down loosening up!! hella fun!!

Robert Oslin · 2 months ago

Sendero Balcones (Spanish for "Stairs", an apt description), the route that brings you back to Government Canyon Front Country (assuming you traveled clockwise) is better suited for Cyclecross, as you spend more time off your bike than on, unless you're superlance.

I last visited on Saturday October 10, 2009, on the tail end of a rainy week. So much mud had accumulated on my bike it prevented me from shifting, which is quite necessary when navigating that trail. It also made an already technical trail near impossible to navigate safely. GC is way too rocky IMO, much more so than Salado Creek north, which has some pretty tough sections. Even with a full suspension it was miserable. Maybe I'm getting old, but I think I'll stick to OP, Mac, and similar tracks here in S.A. where you go faster than 8mph average over the entire course =)