When I was a kid/early teen, my dad was way into all types of biking. His friend and him rode from manhattan to denver one summer, I cant even imagine doing that. Anyway, some of my favorite memories are from boing to the ski places in colorado in the summer and riding the lifts up the mountains, and riding back down. Perfect biking experience. He had a trek 3000 and 8000, I think, and I rode the 3000.
I have a trek 850 or something right now, and barely used it in the 7 or 8 years I've had it, but im planning on riding it to class this coming semester, so maybe ill get back into biking then.