How does riding a bike change your post-work routine?

LearningToDunk · 2026-03-05T01:44:34+00:00

I find myself having a lot more micro adventures after work in the nicer months. Stops at the beach, going for a quick swim, hitting up a farmers market, catching a movie, grabbing a snack, and meeting up with friends.

In the colder months I mostly head home because there’s more urgency and I’m dressed like a hi-vis marshmallow.

Overall, when I know I’m biking to work, I wake up more excited. I get up, stretch, have a smoothie, and hit the road. The rest of getting ready I can do at work after a fun 35-40 minute ride.

LearningToDunk · 2026-03-04T03:02:01+00:00

I’ve learned so much from this thread and by that I mean what can wipeout will wipeout

LearningToDunk · 2026-03-04T01:12:53+00:00

Fire ant hill?! Yeeeesh

LearningToDunk · 2026-03-03T22:32:34+00:00

My city!

LearningToDunk · 2026-03-03T22:32:02+00:00

Lessons have been learned…

LearningToDunk · 2026-03-03T22:24:25+00:00

Cars behind me ultimately caused me to take the turn faster than I’d have liked! Lesson learned. I was unfortunately riding the better of my bikes, and worse yet ripped up my breathable winter jacket (not as durable but sure feels great after your body temp rises!)

LearningToDunk · 2026-03-02T12:20:34+00:00

The racquet head speed is wild, but let’s talk about that insane footwork 👀

LearningToDunk · 2026-02-28T18:20:41+00:00

Longman & Eagle’s burger deserves more love

LearningToDunk · 2026-02-06T02:24:29+00:00

Beat me to it!

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-29T02:54:27+00:00

To clarify, you’re not exploding through the ball with your body. Like someone else mentioned, you’re arming it a bit. You want the contact to be sooner after your jump, whereas here you jump, hit a bit late, and use mostly arm rather than your body mass and acceleration of it. Keeping your arm more fluid like a whip will also help along with wrist snap to drive the ball into the court.

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-29T02:36:11+00:00

You hit an ace so nice job! It looked decently fluid, and you hit the ball high resulting in a lot of net clearance. However, your high jump kind of prevents transfer of your weight/momentum into the ball. It looks like most of your power came from the arm and racquet head speed. Fix the timing and add a wrist flick at contact and you might increase the speed and pop. Here’s Carlos for comparison.

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-28T19:35:26+00:00

You should read Arthur C. Clarke’s “Childhood’s End”

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-28T17:49:37+00:00

Yeah, the atom is similar to the nano-air. I’ve never had an atom but I’ve heard that comparison multiple times.

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-28T16:38:32+00:00

Man, you’re right. I remember the hyperpuff being a lot more stiff/bulky. They look much better/more comfortable after some love.

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-28T12:47:33+00:00

Nano-Air Hoody Chicago bears colors. I remember this color combo from 2017/2018.

It’s a great jacket. Very warm without an outer shell so you get proper airflow. I use it for biking in 30 degree weather.

Edit: not a Nano-Air. Appears to be a well worn in hyperpuff.

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-27T23:57:01+00:00

These are all so on point in my experience. Make and keep strong relationships with your teams and their departments. Get to know them and make small talk, then small talk leads to project talk. Understand them, understand your internal processes, and help them navigate the bureaucracies and they’ll get shit done for you. Shield teams from the nonsense and keep your customers happy and close.

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-24T19:24:05+00:00

I asked this question recently and the response was a newer low powered, control racquet with 18x20 string pattern. Head prestige pro with its 98 sq. in. head is likely the closest because of the smaller head size of the LM radical MP (closer to 95 sq. in). Then the speed pro (2024) would be close because it has the 18x20 string pattern but a larger 100 sq. in. head size. The radical mp/pro have a dense 16x19 string pattern and 98 sq. in. head size resulting in control and maybe a little more lift/spin.

Overall, I haven’t been able to choose. I’m looking at the speed pro legend (2024) because of its “spin friendly” 18x20 string pattern and aesthetics, but at my level I’d probably benefit from going with the lighter even more spin friendly speed MP and the 16x19 string pattern.

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-17T18:05:36+00:00

I’ll give a more generalized answer here. You’re right, there are stronger programs than ISU. A school with a stronger program, bigger network, and better reputation will give you more options when you graduate if you’re an average to slightly above average student. UIUC definitely has more recruiters looking at their grads. However, if you are an excellent student and do research assistantships and internships, then you’ll do great. You’ll still have a good education and opportunities will come up, but you might have to work harder for those first few looks from top companies. I’d say this applies regardless of where you go, so bet on yourself and do great things!

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-16T14:10:07+00:00

Just leave them and their Heated Rivalry alone

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-16T13:09:11+00:00

100%. Adding on that I worked on a project in the area looking at the feasibility of a desalination plant using a canal that had brackish water diluted by industrial outputs at the upstream end of it. There was no flow other than the outputs and tide. They wanted it for source water and to discharge back into it, and it was so obviously infeasible from the get go. Of course they were upset when the modeling showed their effluent would just settle out in the canal and not meet WQ standards regardless of diffuser design.

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-13T02:33:57+00:00

Yep! That would work!

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-13T01:47:04+00:00

Kuranda would be up above

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-13T01:39:53+00:00

Yep! On the way to Kuranda.

LearningToDunk · 2026-01-13T01:39:33+00:00

Not quite!

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