Teaching adults how to cycle

[Ram]

Hi guys,

Being aware of a thread on getting kids on the bike, I'm creating a
new thread for adults. I know of a couple at least who really want to
learn how to ride, but are too embarrassed to try it on our roads, and
rightfully so. We ain't an encouraging lot, and a lot of heckling
happens. Why don't we try to organize a biking camp for adults?

Count me in as the first volunteer, I can scope possible locations for
this as well.

Thanks,
Ram

[Mayank Rungta]

Excellent - I have at least 2-3 friends who don't know to cycle - most of them are girls who never picked it up when they were kids. Please let know if there are people wanting to help teach biking to them as a part of a camp or otherwise! :)

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[Ashwatha Matthur]

Here you go: http://groups.google.com/group/bangalore-bikers/browse_thread/thread/a06244ccdbebcd06/a09c22553254aa61?lnk=gst&q=adults+learn+cycle#

[Ram]

Thanks Ashwatha,

This time around, I am looking at a camp kinda thing with multiple
participants. Strength in numbers, rather than each one of them trying
alone ;-)

On Oct 18, 3:09 pm, Ashwatha Matthur <ashwat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here you go:http://groups.google.com/group/bangalore-bikers/browse_thread/thread/...

>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Mayank Rungta <mr.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Excellent - I have at least 2-3 friends who don't know to cycle - most of
> > them are girls who never picked it up when they were kids. Please let know
> > if there are people wanting to help teach biking to them as a part of a camp
> > or otherwise! :)
>

> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Ram <ramachandran.eswa...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> Hi guys,
>
> >> Being aware of a thread on getting kids on the bike, I'm creating a
> >> new thread for adults. I know of a couple at least who really want to
> >> learn how to ride, but are too embarrassed to try it on our roads, and
> >> rightfully so. We ain't an encouraging lot, and a lot of heckling
> >> happens. Why don't we try to organize a biking camp for adults?
>
> >> Count me in as the first volunteer, I can scope possible locations for
> >> this as well.
>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ram
>
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> >> Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details

[Arvind Ganesh]

On a related note, this approach struck me as pretty effective. I think someone posted it here a while back. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP3DNPDKxOM

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Nice video, but I notice that the lady's balance is off at times. I am sure she must have fallen a few times,and it must have been edited out.  Plus I would love to get such a manicured garden if I were on the older side and wanted to learn to bicycle, but that is difficult in Bangalore.

The fear of falling is very high for someone who's worried about osteoporosis, arthritis , and general diffidence.  One option would be if we can manufacture training wheels for normal sized bikes. That would make it easy.  This won't take care of the situations where they start thinking 'What will people think' , but reducing the likelihood of injuries would be good 1s step.

Somebody in their mid-20's might be reasonably +ve about learning it, but I am talking about the 50+ category folks. I've tried to goad two close relatives to cycle, but the fear of falling, disapproval of their husbands and general feeling of ' What will people think'  means its a no go. But I swear I did detect a gleam in their eye when I told them I would be happy to help them learn cycle and they should be able to do it if they wanted to. 

Regards

Chiddu

[Jaikant Chandra Kumaran]

Teaching my kid to cycle was not so difficult as they were light weight and I could easily prevent them from falling.

With an adult it will be more difficult for sure. 

Couple of folks at my workplace too who would want to learn.

It would be good to bring them all together and make the learning experience community based. Count me in for any volunteering around this.

Jai

[Deepa Mohan]

As someone who learnt to cycle at the ripe old age of 28, I must say the fear of falling is a factor to reckon with...Also, I am not so sure that I would choose a slop to start cycling on...the "runaway" feeling would scare me a lot. My way, as I've said here earlier, was to get a child's cycle (I didn't care about people laughing, they were laughing anyway!) and the fear of falling was completely eliminated.

Parents...do teach your children to cycle and swim as early as possible :)

Chiddu...tell your relatives about me, I am very willing to answer questions or motivate, if need be!

Cheers, Deepa.

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Chidambaran Subramanian <chi...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Opendro]

That is impressive Deepa.

At the same time, someone younger than 35 could be motivated to learn
bicycle by saying that they could even ride a motor cycle. But it
would be hard to motivate one at 50. Or the person could be altogether
inclined towards a car. So, hard to motivate in any case.

If the interest is there, I too believe that it wouldn't be hard to
learn. For that matter, even a roller skate or skiing would be equally
difficult to learn. The falls are nasty. I learnt roller skating just
a year ago :)

[Kishan Kumar]

I had seen a similar video for kids. I really like the concept because the teacher doesn't have to sweat. If you notice, the learner does all by self wit only instruction. 

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[Manjesh Chandrashekaran]

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The rides are designed for "beginner" cyclists to experience the joys of cycling.  All trails are "non-main" road routes with a picturesque scenery around!

LEVEL-1 Bidadi-Magadi ride is one of the best initiation to cycling!

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[Chidambaran Subramanian]

These are for people who know how to balance on 2 wheels, I think the
original post is about getting to that point. The ground opposite
Capitol School in JP Nagar 7th phase is a public ground. folks can
afford to ride and fall on the ground without getting injured. I'm
game for a Saturday evening. If there is sufficient numbers then the
newbies , including girls don't have to worry about falling, at the
least there will be sufficient numbers and chances of them feeling
that they would embarrass themselves will be lower.

One other thing that we could do is to try and get a few side wheels
fabricated (unless already available) for full sized cycles. That way
they don't have to worry about falling. For the 20-30 year olds, the
fear of injury may not be there, but it would be there for a 50-70
year old. I've been trying to convince some elderly folks to start,
but for them the fear of injury is real

Regards
Chiddu

[Ram]

Hi Sam,

Where in Bangalore are you located? 

I hauled my wife and cycle to some deserted roads on the way to Chikka tirupathi off Whitefield for a few weekends. I have to admit that it didn't work out too well, since the effort was not sustained. We didn't go a few weekends and it was all back to scratch. My 2 cents, whatever technique you use to learn how to cycle, you've got to keep at it as often as possible till you're comfortable.

Another thing you want to consider is the size of the cycle. I initially bought a cycle for my wife which was a teensy little too big. For learning, you need the size that allows you to place your feet on the ground when on the saddle, so that you can quickly resort to doing that when in need. This adds oodles of confidence when you try any manoeuvres/techniques. This is very important, since you are already riding in a straight line now, and want to progress. I'd suggest you get confident with using the brakes before trying to steer. 

I don't want to sound sexist, but the truth remains that it is easier to learn in our cities if you're a guy. You'll get a lot less staring and a lot less comments than my wife did, so good luck!

On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:45:18 AM UTC+5:30, Sam wrote:

Hi Ram,

since you are the initiator of this post, i find great possible support from you. As i have posted in this topic, i'm 20 yr old guy wanting to learn to ride a cycle now. Last year i could only get to learn to ride a cycle in a straight line. Now, i want to learn to cycle thoroughly. Would be happy if you could help out with some arrangements, which will be most appreciated.

Thanks.
Sam

[deepakvrao]

My wife learnt cycling at the age of 45, 3 years ago. It was a struggle for her, as well as for me. 

Couple of days ago she did a 21km 1400 meter climb. She has climbed Mt Ventoux last year. It's all possible but needs some dedication. For someone who has never been on a bike as a kid, everything is a learning curve, from starting, balancing, stopping, wheeling the bike etc.

First time she climbed Nandi, she did it without a break, but crashed on the downhill as she just could not get enough leverage on the brake levers.

[vivek]

@Doc: Thats really great! Your wife has come a long way after learning. That really gives me confidence to teach my wife to cycle. Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Vivek

[George Joseph]

Awesome story! Luckily we're never to old to learn if we try right? :)

Climbing mount Ventoux is achievement for anybody! 

Btw did you rent a bike or bring your own for that climb?

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[Arvind Ganesh]

They took their own bikes. Here's the trip log http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/index.html?o=1&doc_id=8951&v=5a

On the topic - here's a video that might help late learners http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WP3DNPDKxOM

Cheers, 

Arvind

[deepakvrao]

Hi George,

It was a part of a 2 week tour, so we had our touring bikes with us.  Arvind has given the link below.

[Deepak Rao]

Hi George,

It was a part of a 2 week tour, so we had our touring bikes with us.  Arvind has given the link below.

Regards,
 
Deepak
 

[deepakvrao]

Thing to remember is that everyone who is learning will have falls, so prepare her for this before hand itself. Go easy when you start together, both on distance as well as difficulty levels. I have seen some people really pushing their wives early and then they lose interest.

[Mayank Rungta]

If we have any effort in helping adults with cycling I know at least half a dozen who might be keen on learning. Not

On Feb 3, 2013 8:00 AM, "Sukumar" <skmr...@gmail.com> wrote:

hi ram,

I am 25 year old .I m not fluent in bycycling..can u pls help me out ?

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[Rohan Kini]

yeah .. I too have a couple of friends who are interested in learning.

One trick that I heard of was to remove the pedals and tell the person on the bike to push the bike and learn how to balance for starters. Apparently folks learn fast!

Any other recommendations?

Sukumar, Mayank's friends - how about you guys all meet at MES grounds the coming weekend and give this a shot?

Ill call my friend too. Am sure its more fun in a group :) 

~ROhan

[anilk...@gmail.com]

I can teach some one to learn riding bikes in less than an hour, my best till date is 20 mnts. I don't know claim, I can teach every body that fast, can demonstrate it. Can come to MES grounds next Sunday, if it is convenient for others (too far places can be a bit constraint for me to commute).

aNIL s kadsur

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[Ravindra BR]

ali are you seeing this

ravi

[Dante]

What worked for me: Learning on a slight down-slope. Helped focus solely on the balancing part.
Dantes

[Rohan Kini]

Sounds good - what time Anil? Ill get my friends to come too :) 

~ROhan

[27thmartian]

Rohan make a video while you are in spectators.. :)

[anilk...@gmail.com]

Better in the morning, may be what is good time for most of the guys.

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[Ram]

Sukumar..

sorry for not responding, I had a bad accident in Oct on my motorcycle, and my left hand is of no use at least for the next few months. do let me know how it goes, i know of at least 3 people who will be interested in such an activity.

FWIW, I took my wife to some deserted roads near channasandra, towards chikka tirupati. It was quite important for me to find sparsely populated areas since she was a little self conscious. Added advantage, you may encounter cyclists on those roadds who offer advice/encouragement :-)

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Better in the morning, may be what is good time for most of the guys.

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[Rohan Kini]

Cool .. my friend is game too. What time Anil?

Garima, incase you dont have a bike you can rent out one - http://www.bumsonthesaddle.com/marketplace/for_rent

Regards,

ROhan

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On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Garima Jain <gj...@iihs.ac.in> wrote:

I'm MOST keen to learn how to ride a bike, for years now. I'm 29 and gave this a brief shot a few years back, but failed at it. But I'm convinced I can learn. I'm so happy to find this conversation going, and would love to come at the decided locations and times to be a part. 

I don't own a cycle yet, and am looking at either rented / second bikes for now. Any suggestions are most welcome. I live in Sadashivnagar. 

Looking forward to learning (really!)

Garima

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Rohan,

We will keep in the first half of the day (complete it before 11 am or so...). At the same time open to a time ie is more convenient time for most.

Anil

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[Chidambaran Subramanian]

We can have events where you can come and learn. If there are enough
people, you can just borrow people's bikes too. The ground near BOTS
is a good venue, there is a public ground in JP Nagar 7th phase too.

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[Rohan Kini]

That would be great - maybe once a month?

ok .. lets keep it one location this time around. Chiddu, you game too?

Anil - 9am - 11am?

Regards,

ROhan

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[anilk...@gmail.com]

9am - 11am? OK

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[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Hey no, why multiple times, lets just tag it with the party this weekend.

Anil will teach you how to ride a 14 inch bike.

Chiddu

[Ali Poonawala]

Yes Ravi.. I have forwarded it to Fatima.. Just pray someone does not decide it is good time for her to have a baby :)

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Let us do it just before our bike party. If we have more women
cyclists, then it will be better. Even better if we have senior folks
who want to learn.We can try and help.

Regards
Chiddu

[Ravindra BR]

hahahaha

why notttttt

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Ali Poonawala <alfa...@gmail.com> wrote:

[anilk...@gmail.com]

Reconfirming the date, time and venue, for somone who missed it.

Date: 9th feb 2013
Time: 9 to 11 am
Venue: MES grounds jayanagar

Correct me if I am wrong.

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Subject: Re: [BBC] Re: Teaching adults how to cycle

[Pradeep Naidu]

Correct me if I am wrong..... Then why do you reconfirm....LOL...

Pradeep Naidu S

[vivek]

Hi Anil/Rohan,

I also want to teach my wife to ride a bicycle. But my bike is a bit large for her. We would like to come tomorrow so she could start learning. Will there be any bikes of smaller size there? I won't mind renting a bike for a week or so. Any suggestions, ideas?

Regards,

Vivek

[Rohan Kini]

Thats awesome Vivek,

Dont think Anil will be having any bikes :) 

Some bikes are up here for rental - http://www.bumsonthesaddle.com/marketplace/for_rent

Might have to check on the sizing though

[anilk...@gmail.com]

No Rohan don't have bikes.

Vivek, come down, looks like we should be able to manage.

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[Vivek Kubaji]

Thanks Rohan/Anil,

Will definitely come down :)

Regards,

Vivek

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Moving this to 8am to 10am. Would be easier for us. However, if there
are enough teachers and learners out there, you can continue. I might
come there with my children and their cycles as well.

Regards
Chiddu

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Chiddu,

Perfect, it looks good.

Thank you.

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[Chidambaran Subramanian]

I've notified all those who accepted the FB invite. Please let folks
know on your behalf as well.

[anilk...@gmail.com]

Yes informed.

[Ali Poonawala]

Hi Anil/Rohan/Chiddu and all...

 Fatima ( 50 + ) is making rapid progress, inspite of all my negative comments, with her riding.. she will be there with her little (literally and physically) kid bike for 'more professional' input from you all there !! I can bring a lady bird, with seat fully lowered,  for some one less apprehensive than Fatima !

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Dr. Ali,

That is wonderful. Look forward for tomorrow.

Anil

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[Mayank Rungta]

I just realized it will be some challenge for people to get bikes when they can't ride!:)

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Mayank,

Who ever gets the bike, if he/she is new to learning will not be able to ride more than 30 to 40 mnts.

We can request them to give the bike for others, there are few guys will be attending who will be coming there not to learn biking, they can also help.

May be few bikes in BOTS. I don't think it can be an issue.

Anil

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[Ravindra BR]

i'll be there with 1 rodeo :), 1 bianchi spillo rubino, 1 rockrider 5.0

one of them will go back whichever you guys don't want

those who want can use the two of them

Ravi

[Deepa Mohan]

If such a variety of bikes are going to be available I feel like
coming and pretending I can't ride :))))))

Way to go, guys...I only wish *I* had something like this when I
learnt to ride a cycle at the ripe old age of 28!

Deepa.

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Ravindra,

That is very nice of you. See there.

Anil

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Guys,

We had a wonderful time.

Rohan, Chiddu (with Vedant and Vaibhav), Dr. Ali and Fatima, Ravindra and Shradda, Pradeep(with his kids), Nikhil, Priya and her friend (sorry I forgot the name) Vivek kubaji and his wife, were made it.

I feel to start off it was a good effort and was worth it.

I thank every one who made it, who supported directly or indirectly. Dr. Ali for the bike. Rohan and Chiddu for initiating it.

Anil

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[Ravindra BR]

Great work Anil

[Vivek Kubaji]

Thanks once again Anil. My wife was very happy to be there. I'm sure she'll learn easily now. It's just a matter of practice now.

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[Mayank Rungta]

Heard great reviews. Missed it! :( Please organize such a workshop again
I am sure there are many more who will benefit from this! :)

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Great job Anil and others. What was the success rate? 

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On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Mayank Rungta <mr....@gmail.com> wrote:

Heard great reviews. Missed it! :( Please organize such a workshop again I am sure there are many more who will benefit from this! :)

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On Saturday 09 February 2013 01:47 PM, anilk...@gmail.com wrote:

Guys,

We had a wonderful time.

Rohan, Chiddu (with Vedant and Vaibhav), Dr. Ali and Fatima, Ravindra and Shradda, Pradeep(with his kids), Nikhil, Priya and her friend (sorry I forgot the name) Vivek kubaji and his wife, were made it.

I feel to start off it was a good effort and was worth it.

I thank every one who made it, who supported directly or indirectly. Dr. Ali for the bike.  Rohan and Chiddu for initiating it.

Anil

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Arvind,

3 people came for learning the bike.

1 learnt it (to a great extent, I would say)

1 Vivek's wife (you have read the comment of him)

Fatima. (Dr. Ali's wife) need to spend little more, so far not succeeded, am quite confident of the progress in the coming days.

Anil

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I have the video of the successful result, taken before we left.

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Arvind,

3 people came for learning the bike.

1 learnt it (to a great extent, I would say)

1 Vivek's wife (you have read the comment of him)

Fatima. (Dr. Ali's wife) need to spend little more, so far not succeeded, am quite confident of the progress in the coming days.

Anil

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[San Jay]

Congrats to everyone

aNIL S Kadsur Sir another feather in u r cap

Keep going

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[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Worth a detailed write-up actually, but am quite exhausted after a trip to Yelahanka today. . But here are the salient features.

1) One man, sorry one handed show pretty much, with a a motley support crew

2) Three learners , one completed successfully and demonstrated a slight uphill climb while negotiating obstacles , as part of the rite of passage

3) All 3 learners were women, the other two have made good progress too.

4) Deepa Mohan will be thrilled with this one. The BSA lady bird seems to be the *choice* of bike for successful learners. 

More later, but it was fun. Vedant also graduated to cycling on the road , without my overbearing presence. 

Regards

Chiddu

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Most importantly, there were zero falls.

[anilk...@gmail.com]

Oh yah, I wonder now!!!

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[Mandakini Agrawal]

Wow, this sounds great. I used to ride bicycle in college but now I forgot. Would love to learn once again with help of you people.

Please help me learn.

Regards,
Mandakini Agrawal

[Salman R]

I don't think you can forget if you've ridden in the past. Might be a little rusty for a while since you've been away for a long time, but just pick up a bicycle a try it on a flat ground, you'll get it back in minutes.

[anilk...@gmail.com]

Guys,

Here are pics from yesterday event.

Thank you Rohan for the pic.

Anil

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I don't think you can forget if you've ridden in the past. Might be a little rusty for a while since you've been away for a long time, but just pick up a bicycle a try it on a flat ground, you'll get it back in minutes.

[Rohan Kini]

Some more pics from Saturday folks - http://blog.bumsonthesaddle.com/2013/02/12/how-to-ride-a-bicycle-snaps/

We need to run this once again. Anil/Chidu - maybe end of the month?

Maybe we can make this a once a month or once in two month affair?

~ROhan

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Let us shoot for once a month, say the 1st Saturday.

[anilk...@gmail.com]

Looks good!!

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Guys,

An FIR about the session....

http://kadsur.blogspot.in/2013/02/how-to-ride-bicycle.html

Please read and feel free to comment

Very truly,
aNIL s kadsur

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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:10:23 +0530

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[Rohan Kini]

Time for one more?

Regards,

ROhan

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

yes , but we better cordon off the roads this time.

[Mayank Rungta]

Yes please. Coming weekend would be awesome! :-)

[vivek]

Can we have it on Sunday? My wife has office on Saturday.

I'm still looking to get a small sized bike to teach my wife to ride. Let me know if anyone has a kids bike equivalent to 13 or 15 sized Mountain bike for sale.

Btw, let me know if I can be helpful in anyway. I'd like to bring my bike if it'd be useful. Its a Cannondale Trail 6 Size M.

There's one service road in HSR Layout which is relatively free and has a good length of slope. Please have a look - https://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=12.911963,77.640314&ll=12.911704,77.640362&spn=0.001509,0.002411&num=1&t=m&z=19.

Regards,

Vivek

On Sunday, 17 March 2013 18:16:26 UTC+5:30, Mayank Rungta wrote:

Yes please. Coming weekend would be awesome! :-)

On Mar 17, 2013 4:27 PM, "Rohan Kini" <rohan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Time for one more?

Regards,

ROhan

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:17 PM, <anilk...@gmail.com> wrote:

Guys,

An FIR about the session....

http://kadsur.blogspot.in/2013/02/how-to-ride-bicycle.html

Please read and feel free to comment

Very truly,
aNIL s kadsur

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[Rohan Kini]

Hey Vivek,

Wanna spearhead it this time and make it happen?

~ROhan

[Vivek Kubaji]

Sure Rohan, I'd be delighted to. First lets finalize a location?? Hows the one I sent a link to? How convenient would HSR Layout to others?

The only drawback to the location I sent is lack of shade. Its quite open, so a session in the early morning would be appropriate.

Also I am not sure if I can arrange cycles. Anyone can pour in suggestions? I'll try with RR cycles if he has any suitable bikes.

Regards,

Vivek

[Rohan Kini]

Shade, slope and a quiet road was what we thought would be good next time :) 

Infact we were thinking of putting some cones if possible and blocking traffic on that small road last time around to ensure we dont have any traffic at all.

A playground would also be good!

~ROhan

[Arvind Ganesh]

A slope is quite useful - that would rule out most playgrounds. Let me know if you guys decide to do this - my son is due for his lesson :)

-Arvind

[Vivek Kubaji]

Yes. We're planning to have one.

We'll post to the group on the plan soon.

On Apr 10, 2013 7:51 PM, "spiral architect" <subr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there another one of these bike learning sessions planned soon. I would love to join in as a learner. I learnt to cycle 30 years ago and i have not touched a cycle for the last 30 years. Shocking !!!!

I would love to learn again. Please let me know

cheers

On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:55:41 PM UTC+5:30, Ram wrote:

Hi guys,

Being aware of a thread on getting kids on the bike, I'm creating a
new thread for adults. I know of a couple at least who really want to
learn how to ride, but are too embarrassed to try it on our roads, and
rightfully so. We ain't an encouraging lot, and a lot of heckling
happens. Why don't we try to organize a biking camp for adults?

Count me in as the first volunteer, I can scope possible locations for
this as well.

Thanks,
Ram

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[Chidambaran Subramanian]

This Saturday sounds like a good day to me. We can do it in the place near BOTS as usual?


Regards
Chiddu

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:45 PM, spiral architect <subr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there another one of these bike learning sessions planned soon. I would love to join in as a learner. I learnt to cycle 30 years ago and i have not touched a cycle for the last 30 years. Shocking !!!!

I would love to learn again. Please let me know

cheers

On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:55:41 PM UTC+5:30, Ram wrote:

Hi guys,

Being aware of a thread on getting kids on the bike, I'm creating a
new thread for adults. I know of a couple at least who really want to
learn how to ride, but are too embarrassed to try it on our roads, and
rightfully so. We ain't an encouraging lot, and a lot of heckling
happens. Why don't we try to organize a biking camp for adults?

Count me in as the first volunteer, I can scope possible locations for
this as well.

Thanks,
Ram

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[Rohan Kini]

Anyone has cones that can be used to block off the road? Much simpler that way and we wont be really inconveniencing anyone!

~ROhan

[chirag singal]

I can try getting cones from my football school. But since, I will be leaving this Sunday, one of you need to go and drop the cones back to St.Johns Medical ground on Monday evening. Tell me the required number ASAP.

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

I can do the dropping. Number of cones --- how do we plan to use them , use a few to block the entrance of the road?

[Vivek Kubaji]

Hi Chiddu/Rohan,

We won't be able to job on Saturday. My wife has office. But please carry on. Hopefully we'll join next time.

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Hey Sreenath,

I, at least  intend to continue the exercise. And I am sure the likes of Dr Poonawala, Rao and Anil Kadsur will pitch in as well. Unfortunately , this month and the next will be choc-a-bloc with brevet rides, plus other stuff @ life beckons as well. 

Will post in this forum the next time I can do it.

Regards

Chiddu

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Sreenath GV <sreenat...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi ,

 

Are we planning for a similar session sometime soon?

I am interested in joining as a student:)

 

Regards,

Sreenath

[Sreenath GV]

Hi guys,

 

Any session up this month?

 

Thanks,

Sreenath

[anil kadsur]

Looks like we can have one session....

anil s kadsur

http://kadsur.blogspot.in/

[Yateesh Kumar]

Count me as a volunteer. Willing to participate as long as its on any Saturday

[anil kadsur]

15th is BBch, 21st is Mysore ride, 29th is Critical Mass....

I feel 28th is the only day this month and that is saturday looks good.

anil s kadsur

http://kadsur.blogspot.in/

[Vivek Kubaji]

And on 28th there is Mysore celebration run ;-)

Regards,

Vivek

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[Chidambaran Subramanian]

28th does look good

[Yateesh Kumar]

How abt 14 th?

[anil s kadsur]

Isn't it too early?

very truly,

anil s kadsur
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[Yateesh Kumar]

Me dont think so... On the other hand we have a chance for to sessions in a month

[Sreenath GV]

Hi ,

 

Are we meeting tomorrow?

 

Thanks and Regards,

Sreenath

[Sreenath GV]

Hi guys,

Will we be having any sessions anytime soon?. . .It has been sometime since the last one . .so I guess there will be enough number of people to attend as well. .

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks,