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I thought it was very brave of Ebruner to be vulnerable and share how many bikes he and his wife have. It can be tough to come clean. We’re all active or recovering bikes addicts here, and this is supposed to be a supportive community for recovery. Or enabling rationalizations and fostering codependency, if that’s what you’re looking for. Both, really. JUDGEMENT FREE SPACE

Someone on PB said the rocker link looks like a lawnmower and I cannot unsee it now...

I have a real hard time believing AI is going to result in some sort of utopia for the masses. There's enough money right now that we could all get some level of UBI and be working less and spending more time on our passion projects. But when have the ultra wealthy EVER wanted to part with even a little bit more of their money? If we just give them a few more tax breaks to pay for their data centers and help subsidize the cost of the electricity and water to run them so they can become trillionaires, THEN...

Look, the last thing I’ll say about it is that I generally hope I’m wrong. If I’m wrong, then the world’s a better place and all my concerns are unfounded and really good things happen to humanity. I want to be wrong, however, if I’m not wrong, then oh boy are we all in for a world of hurt. In the end, the truth and future is gonna lay somewhere in the middle between the two extremes. All I know is that we should probably be adults and really have good serious discussions about how this impacts all of our...

" So ideally those lost jobs are replaced with other better jobs." Just remember, the car didn't make more better jobs for horses. Call me pessimistic if you'd like, but I'm genuinely unconvinced with people who claim that AI will somehow mean more better jobs for humans. Maybe better jobs for some, but not more of them. For a majority of human labor force, we're approaching the "horse vs. car" moment. On the flip side I could be completely wrong and we'll all work 15 hour work weeks and have SO much more time for riding bikes. I'd be on...

" The majority of jobs will be things where robots are just too expensive to do what a human can do with their hands." Ohhh man, we're all about to get a pretty rude awaking on this front. I really cannot understate how much of a wrecking ball AI will be across all industries, and I say that because I'm in the AI industry for work. Hearing what our investors are saying, and how we are positioning our company internally has me legit scared for a lot of people's jobs. White color is by far going to be the first...

Automation in the mechanical sense is already wildly efficient. And yes while it means slightly fewer jobs it makes those jobs infinitely more productive and therefore better paying. It also means a cheaper product. Which hopefully means more customers. So ideally those lost jobs are replaced with other better jobs. With ai not only is it not creating new jobs. It will also drive down the pay market as people take the work they can find. World is already a lot of haves and have nots with the number one factor being what you are born with. And while that’s...

It was the thickest sarcasm I could lay down

If there's one thing I know about readers and viewers today, it's that they are CRAVING more AI-generated content. Not getting enough of it yet. Can't get enough. Foaming at the mouth for more AI-generated content, in fact. Gobbling it up.

“I keep spending revenue from my existing companies to buy more companies, and I can’t figure out why my existing companies aren’t profitable yet.” 🤔 tough question. Maybe another round of editor and content creator layoffs will help Outside mag finally realize its hidden potential.

Because you can do well over 3000 meters of descending with a shuttle. An ebike won't cut that. A lot of people thus still shuttle. And they shuttle with their primary bike, which is an ebike. You can also do a single or dual uplift and combine it with riding uphill in between to get you into the sticks. A few years ago we usually drop up to the top (gained about 1000 meters of altitude) then rode a big loop back down to the apartment by the seaside doing about 1000 to 1500 m of climbing along the way...

Respectfully, it's more accurate to say " Pro tip, your super enduro will absolutely be acceptable for DH trails." No matter how good long travel single crown bikes are these days, there's still no replacement for displacement.

$360 CAD for the new Wolftooth pedals per their website. $360 for SPDs! I almost spit out my coffee. That's TIME Speciale 10/12 levels of ridiculousness, back when they first came out. Arguably more crazy since there's no special sauce or differentiation going on with the very mature SPD interface. The interesting one is the DEL - going for max weight reduction with the single mechanism. They're aiming for the luxury side of the barbell with this release.

I really wanna like this, but when he was on a stock bike, he was doing much better than this crazy contraption with all these extra things just to barely make it through Q2 twice this year

Hilarious this is now hidden due to downvotes 🤣

As soon as I saw the lawsuit and read through the details, i was ready to quit Strava. Garmin gives me more information for free from just buying the device, where Strava has shut down services over the years, including using Bluetooth sensors back in the day. Other than the social side of it, Strava is useless if you already have any devices app, such as Garmin connect. Maybe they're trying to hurt Garmin and release their own devices for the run up to an IPO, which is likely too late in the game unless they are absolutely game changing...

I say keep it going, there's more drama to come. Would rather have it in this one thread.

Please take the personal opinions about the general concept of e-bikes somewhere else. Here, for example: https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/e-bike-talk-not-tech-rumor-derailme…

The equalizing factor of an ebike for my GF (testing one on a ride) meant I almost died when I tried to keep up with her only for her to hardly break a sweat. And she was on a Levo SL on the lowest support level.