Review Date
April 10, 2009

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Reviewed by: betard_foosier ,  Downhiller

Summary:
UPDATE!!! Trail has been made into an official bike park. Local crew is renovating existing trails, then beginning work on north shore obstacles, dirt jump park, ad pump track. 23rdstreetbikepark.com

Review Date
March 24, 2006

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Reviewed by: GroverGT ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
Well used trail. Recently opened back up to the public, when they finished the overpass. I've rode these trails for the past 8 years and was delighted to see them opened up again. Saturdays after noon is the best time to hook up with a few other riders. The trail is alot of small rolling hills where the trick is to carry your speed down and up the other side. There are a few thorns to watch out for which get worse in the summer months. I can think of only 2 technical areas, but there exits were bulldozed, so its down and walk back up. Good fun trail to ride for an hour or so. I think the outside loop is about 2 miles.

Recommended Route:
Drop in at 23rd street and ride counterclockwise to avoid collisions. You do get going pretty fast in some sections.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Wilderness park in frontenac....Farlington lake trail(most technical)

Review Date
September 17, 2005

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: josh02_2001 ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
This trail is a lot of fun to spend an hour or so riding. Difficult to find a good loop because of downed trees, but there are plenty of good hills and lots of shade. A couple decent jumping hills in the middle section to change things up. Not a real technical trail, but still a lot of fun. Recommend for anyone wanting to just get out and have fun.

Review Date
September 3, 2005

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 2 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 2 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: chelboed ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Just rode this one for the first time. When I entered the trail head by the road, I was very dissapointed at how overgrown the place was. Lots of weeds leaving chiggers on your legs as you ride, and a great deal of little thorned plants scratching up my arms and legs. After I rode that to the open area and found the rest of the trail, I had a pretty good time.

The trail weaves in and out of the woods with alot of roller-type hills about 10-20 feet tall. Pretty much every climb has a descent before it, so you can keep your speed up and catch some air at the top of most of them. There was another small open area in the middle of the woods that had a BMX jump set up.

If they could spend a little time maintaining the trail with a weed-eater and chainsaw, it would be much better, but once you get past the first part of the trail, it's pretty decent.

Recommended Route:
Dunno yet.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Wilderness Park

Review Date
July 28, 2005

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 2 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: messofzero ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
23rd street trails? dead? poppycock! sure they are a little torn up from the bypass being built, but at least 50% of the trail is still good, especially the fun parts. you just need to travel back further to the new trailhead next to the giant "pond." you cant miss it!

23rd street is a riot to ride, especially with a lot of people. lots of ups and downs, fun for any type of rider, even BMXers.