Teaching adults how to cycle Bangalore Bicycling School Cubbon Park session 10th May 2026

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 10 May 2026

Sunny hot day, but with a cool breeze giving some respite. The park busy with the Mango and Jackfruit mela.

Trainers : Parag, Ali, Ganesh, Vinay,Junaid

Hello: Chandrashekar ji on his morning walk. Priya Rajgopal too. BBS founder member Chiddu, and Shriya's Dad Animesh who too had come for the Mango Mela.

AFS volunteers did a Road Safety Awareness Drive, and distributed Reflective stickers to Cyclists.

Newbies :

Priyanka- The swimmming and Pilates instructor was the star of the day. After a tentative start, she went all the way to scooting, and very quickly progressed to pedaling downhill and uphill too.Turning and zig zags would be the next step.

Pranav - The Other Star of the day ! A 11th grader came with Mom Shobhana. Had a bit of a challenge with the mounting and dismounting safely, but then quickly gathered momentum and did scooting and pedaling too by the end of the session.Both Pranav and Mom were thrilled with the progress, and was the Mother's Day gift to Mom Shobhana, promised to come back next week to practice more, Way to Go ! great performance !

Gyanda: Started with the basics and proceeded with scooting. she is briefly getting balance.

Prajna : Got partial Gyan.. and started scooting.

Priya -came with her husband and son. She understood the guidance and started scouting confidently. After a few rounds of balancing, she moved on to pedaling and rode up and down on her own. She was the third star of the day!

Ongoing Learners:

Advik- Now getting more comfortable started pedalling

Antara: Worked on zig zags, still has a bit of a lurch but it is getting better. Did some circles also at the end.

Eshika: and Smera, both alumnae of BBS, she helped getting the bikes and did quick rounds

Kausalya: Is able to balance and pedal but is struggling a bit due to her height and also while going uphil.

Meghana: Came back after a break. Practiced scooting. While getting balance albeit briefly and sporadic,is still finding it challenging to find the balance

Ruchi : She came in early, did her own thing, pedalling with confidence, and disappeared soon. Not sure how far she has climbed on the step ladder..

Salma: Did a few rounds up and down, again did half pedalling for a little while, and encouradged the other learners.

Smera : Our alumna, was a little disappointed with a tall bike but gamely tried standing start and stop despite fears.

Tamoghno: Worked on correcting the lurch.

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