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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic AI in MTB Marketing
10/11/2025 1:06pm I think that misses the point of a RAW video? I always felt like the whistles are part of what made them cool in the first place. Other websites try to do "raw" videos that are overly produced and its not the same IMO
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owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic AI in MTB Marketing
10/8/2025 3:13pm That X Games League is crooked from the get-go. It’s definitely designed to get into the uber shady world of sports betting, with strange private shadow owners and dudes who’ve already pushed NFT scams. Every once in a while it’s great MTB isn’t considered cool. You don’t want any part of this shit!
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Blake_Motley Added a reply to AI in MTB Marketing
10/8/2025 10:42am This is by far my most pedantic example yet, but Ride Wrap is using AI thumbnails. Again, not a huge deal in the grand scheme, but I’ve also seen how much my electric bill here in California has gone up since 2022
bulletbass man Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 Team Rumors
10/5/2025 9:36pm I wonder if rogue racing is not continuing with him. Considering the success of the other riders, Thibault and his “rumors” may very well be a hinderance in getting sponsors. And rogue can probably get more points than thibault by hiring a up and coming or mid pack veteran female elite. Which seems unlikely if he is on the team. My guess this is his “hey I’m still available” post before msa. But It doesn’t seem like he’s changed his position of being totally innocent of any wrongdoing. And if that were the case I think it would come to...
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jessemelamed Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/2/2025 12:42pm Some companies definitely need to look at what DJi is doing with the Amflow battery... Definitely appears to be the smallest 800Wh battery at the moment..
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Blake_Motley Added a reply to AI in MTB Marketing
10/1/2025 12:15pm I’m inclined to disagree. China is building buttloads of solar and innovating on battery technology in ways the United States has not shown any interest in. https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/china-puts-coal-on-back-burne… https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/China-Smashes-Solar-… https://www.evinfrastructurenews.com/ev-technology/catl-s-sodium-ion-ev…
Blake_Motley Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/29/2025 12:13pm Not that this couldn’t happen on an alloy frame, but getting stabbed by that shredded carbon tube has to be a worst case scenario.
Blake_Motley Added a reply to E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment
9/28/2025 9:23am Has anyone been paying attention to the Sodium battery advances out east in China? Similar power density, lower cost, and way lower risk of combustion will be huge for e-bikes. I could picture DJI, a Chinese company, being the first on these in the mountain bike world
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chriskief Liked a reply to forum topic FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
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Goupil Liked a reply to forum topic AI in MTB Marketing
9/26/2025 7:35am For some reason, transparent isn't the first word that comes to my mind when I read "AI powered judging"
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Blake_Motley Added a reply to AI in MTB Marketing
9/25/2025 2:21pm I swiped this from Spomer’s comment in another thread, but it’s relevant here as well. “posting in here b/c it doesn't seem worthy of its own thread, but the evolving competition element is interesting. Press release from X Games about its future which includes AI judging, sports betting, league with a "draft" and more. pulling some of their ideas into...
chriskief Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
9/25/2025 2:16pm Maybe they can hire Amazon's "AI", sounds like it's looking for work... https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/4/amazons-just-walk-out-s…
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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic AI in MTB Marketing
9/22/2025 3:21pm Yup I agree with all this and LLM's defnitely aren't a substitute for learning - and the examples you gave are a much better way of explaining it. I have heard it called a force multiplier - they help you make the most of the skills you already have, which is crucial for people in a small business who could do a lot of the jobs they need to succeed but either lack the time or can't afford to pay someone else. If you don't have those skills to begin with there is nothing to multiply. I watched a video...
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notanengineer Liked a reply to forum topic AI in MTB Marketing
9/22/2025 8:17am Just wanted to highlight the comment about "unless you're already an experienced programmer". I think the greatest illusive use case of the recent AI boom is the notion of "use our LLM and instantly become a pro at X", where X is some skill previously gained thru persistent effort and time spent learning. The LLMs definitely help me be more productive but this is usually because (1), I'm using the LLM to help to perform a task in the quadrant of knowledge of "things I know that I know", or (2), I'm doing a search to find information that might...
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Blake_Motley Added a reply to AI in MTB Marketing
9/21/2025 5:54pm I’m skeptical that these are actually cost effective. AI is still mistake prone enough that one would likely have to spend a considerable amount of time checking the work. The energy costs are also still hilariously subsidized here in the U.S. while energy costs in general have skyrocketed over the last few years. IMO China is the only country positioning...
ballz Liked a reply to forum topic AI in MTB Marketing
9/21/2025 5:51pm IME a Copilot chatbot might do 80% of your task in 20% of your time, but you'll be then spending 200+% of your time figuring out where those 20% are and fixing them manually anyway.
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boozed Liked a reply to forum topic AI in MTB Marketing
9/21/2025 4:24pm The "downhill mountain biking" "category" being half gravel, road and motorcycles simply reinforces the notion that there's nobody at the wheel at youtube. And why would there be? Automation (and/or pushing the burden on to everyone else) is the only way modern tech companies can be profitable businesses. Youtube doesn't let us see our list of blocked channels any more, presumably it was becoming embarrassing. You can clear the list, but you can't see it. Mine would be more than a thousand channels so far, if I had to guess, and still grows daily.
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boozed Liked a reply to forum topic AI in MTB Marketing
9/21/2025 4:21pm "But AI can be used to maximise productivity and deal with the repetitive inefficient tasks that small company either wastes a lot of time on. Its not hard to use it only when and where needed and save your time and energy for the actual creative and skilled tasks" Can you give some some examples? And will they remain cost-effective solutions when the generative AI companies start charging users what it actually costs to run the systems?
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