Teaching adults how to cycle Bangalore Bicycling school Cubbon Park session 9th August 2026

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 9 Aug 2026

A cool and breezy day, the monsoon rains coming our way ! A music performance at the Bandstand, and lots of running and walking events, that took over our primary and secondary area. Luckily we found a nice space at the KSLTS circle next to the Mysore Maharaja statue and the session went on as usual. We had the full set of trainers today, except Aman.

Trainers : Parag, Vinay, Ganesh, Ali, Bhoomika, Shriya, Junaid

Hello: Shriya's dad Animesh, out for a walk.

Newbies :

Ansh: The BMC college Engineering student was off to a quick start

Rose: The pastry chef (our first baker!) started with the basics, and then moved to static and dynamic balancing, and by the end of the class was scooting quite well. Great progress!

Vindhya: The finance professional from JPM started with the basics with Rose, and then moved on to scooting. Needs a bit more practice to let the cycle roll freely.

Richa : Had come in the last few minutes but has learnt the basics. Setting up a foundation to learn properly!

Ongoing Learners:

Anuradha- Star of the day, Practiced scooting today, and was able to keep the feet up for 30 seconds at the end ofthe class. She will be away, visitng her son in Singapore for the next few months, but has promissed to practice there. We look forward to having her back in October.

Amulya: Practiced riding with open grip to transition to ridig one handed for turns and signaling.

Disha Murthy : Practiced circles, is trying to get a shorter anti-clockwise circle perfect. She also helped other learners.

Gudiya: is now able to pedal and needs to practice riding in circles and zig-zag.

Kanimozhi: is now able to pedal a little but needs more practice and has a slight lurch.

Lida- Started with pedaling straight up and down, and is able to turn comfortaly. She then moved to doing some zig zags to improve handlebar control.

Naveen: is now able to pedal and needs to practice riding in circles and zig-zag.

Praveen : is still looking down while riding and needs to focus more.

Ridhi Gupta: Continued with scooting today. Is able to get balance in short bursts. Needs some more practice.

Salma: Apart from doing few rounds, she helped train the newbies.

Tsering : Second Star of the day, she moved to confidently doing full pedaling by the end of the class. Has a slight tendency to lurch which she is working to correct.

Kavitha : did scouting and balancing, then started half pedaling.

**Keep pedaling and see you next weekend! 🚴‍♂️🌿**

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