Teaching Adults to Cycle Cubbon Park 14 Sep 2025

[Parag Patankar]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 14 sep 2025

A breezy and cool day. Bandstand had a vocal performance.

Trainers : Ali, Parag

Hello: Sunita ma'am at Photo time. Anna and her sister. Anna tried to figure out bike fit issues with her bike, by trying out some of our bikes and getting into a more comfortable and upright position.

Newbies :

Amita - Started early and worked hard on scooting, the balance is getting better, struggled a bit on the uphill.

Shubha- Star of the day, the Doctor from Canada had a slow start in scooting, but after that she managed to make great progress and pedal both downhill and uphill.

Shradha - First student to turn up today, and the last to leave. The hard working young lady put in a solid effort, and managed to get to short bursts of scooting, with a bit more practice (and confidence to not put the foot down), she should be able to scoot freely.

Ongoing Learners:

Aneesh- Came with a geared rental bike and practiced shifting gears, and also helped Anson and Bharat.

Anson- The gritty lad continued with with balancing and scooting, and is now able to balance well without drifting sideways. Started on pedaling also today.

Bharat- Continued to scoot, still lurching a bit,and worked on correcting that with Aneesh helping him.

Narmada- The badminton player had learnt to pedal last time, continued with learning to zig zag today.

Richa- Practiced scooting and continued smiling, is able to keep her feet up for longer intervals now.

Salma- Super enthusiastic as usual, came and practiced riding a few rounds, and encouraged the other students as well.

Shruti- Did zig zags, and turns today. Should be ready to do Figure 8's next and then signaling and turning.

Tessa- Continued her scooting practice after a break of a few sessions, is now managing to glide quite well.

Viren- Youngest learner of the day, the 3 year old bundle of energy practiced scooting on his scooting bike, and has promised to come next sunday with his taller bike without training wheels.

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

Ali, Parag