I lived in Boulder back in the early to mid nineties and was into mountain biking then with all the beautiful trails its hard not to be. I hear you Dave about the bike just wants to go faster and faster' the Lynskey is incredibly fast and responds so quickly. Bob that Jones Titanium looks really cool.
Been here since '92... Didn't start mt biking until ~2006 though, I was into skiing and snowboarding before then. It's worked out as it's now too crowded to drive to resorts to ski and modern mt bikes are like having a powder day every time you ride. Boulder OTOH has gotten expensive and isn't the college hippy town it used to be. For better or worse.... the food is definitely better. More tech kids than hippys now...