I wish I had the time/places to "mountain" bike. Around here in the midwest it should be called "hill biking" or "really flat land biking". I've always liked riding bikes and I used to hike trails at state parks, when I had free time in my life. If I lived really close to somewhere decent to mountain bike I would probably go out every time the weather was nice.
As for the bike, my parents bought me a
Gary Fisher Advance a couple years ago, thinking I would ride it around campus. I think I've been on it maybe one or two times since, and now it just collects dust in my dorm room.