Teaching adults how to cycle : Bangalore Bicycling School Cubbon Park session 5th April

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 5 April 2026

Partly overcast morning, a providing occasional respite from the sun. Bandstand alive with Music performance.

Trainers : Vinay, Ganesh, Parag , Ali

Hello: Abhinav with Dad Krishnamurthy. had a great trek 7+ km in Coorg last weekend. Payal and Suhail from Vision India,discussing their Tandem bike initiative.

Newbies :

Anuradha : Eldest learner today, the plucky Mumbaikar came with her daughter Sailee, who has recently started commuting to work, and wnated to encourage her mom to ride too ! Anuradha started with the basics and did some scooting till the hot day tired her out. She seemed to have enjoyed the session, and is all set to come back next sunday.

Anjali : Youngest of the bunch of marwari girls , being from outstation. managed to win over slightly longer saddle time ..but only just !

Likhith- The Electrical engineer started off slowly with the basics and progressed to doing some scooting, needs a bit more practice to be confident.

Meghana- Came with her friend Esha and practiced scooting after a brief on basics. Esha is for the most part able to cycle.

Manvik- Came with his mother Thrishen, and did the safety basics, and then some scooting, helped by Abhinav.

Ojasvi- Came with Mom Rachana who is a newbie, and Dad Vivekanand who is an ongoig learner. Had to keep retrieving her medium bike from all other contenders .

Rachana- Ojasvi's mom, started scooting after safety gyaan.

Manisha: Her dad insisted she to be given priority since they were involved in getting the bikes ! She was taking turns for scooting with other girls

Puri : Of the three little girls vying for the smallest bike, she was much more persistent and did bullying too .. requiring restraining !

Ongoing Learners:

Anusuya : Daksh's mom, with confidence returned after last week's session, pedaled confidently.

Chandira - maintains good balance and was able to do some pedaling.”

Esha- Came after a long break, and practiced pedaling up and down.

Gudiya : Her second session.

Harshit- Continued with scooting and just started pedalling

Kavita- The gritty young girl continued scooting and tried half pedalling today, balance is getting better.

Manasu- She has corrected the lurch and is able to pedal up and down perfectly. Started on zig zags today.

Salma : The senior ever smiling lady came , did couple of rounds , chatted up few youngsters with words of encouragement, helped Payal from Vision India to overcome her hesitation to cycle due to knee problems.

Thrishen- Came with son Manvik, was hampered by a lack of small sized cycles, did a couple of round and then went off early.

Vivekanand- Came after a long break, accompanied by wife and daughter. Practiced riding for a while and then started to prepare for signaling.

Yeshwanth : Returning after small gap, having completed control maneuvers, moved on to signaling.

Harshit- can now scout and balance easily; in the next class, he needs to pedal

Praveen- tends to lurch during scouting; he requires more practice.

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

Vinay, Ganesh, Parag , Ali, Shriya