My brother-in-law, Elliott, was nice enough to take my inexperienced ass up and down the mountain at Steamboat Springs for two days on a proper Downhill Mountainbike that we rented at the base. Taking the gondola to the top of a mountain and riding down was an incredible change of pace compared to what I'm used to riding here in Florida.
On the second day we were joined by Dave, Elliott's friend and co-worker on the mountain in the Winter. In the Summer, Dave is a mountain bike tour