Teaching adults how to cycle Bangalore Bicycling school Cubbon Park session 26th July 2026

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 26 Jul 2026

A cool and breezy day, the monsoon rains coming our way ! A dance performance at the Bandstand.

Trainers : Parag, Vinay, Ganesh, Ali

Hello: Chandrashekhar Sir, as we were exiting the park after the session. Tiny tot Avir on his balance bike.

Newbies :

Anuradha- Last and the eldest student of the day, the retired educator has promised to learn and then become an instructor, along with her husband, who is also a cyclist. Gyan + feel of scooting sufficed for today

Lida- The Software automation developer started with the safety basics with Salma. Then moved to static balancing, and scooting, and in the last few minutes, even managed to pedal one round downhill. Good start !

Piyaram : Youngster from our Marwari gang.. in a hurry to simply get on with pedalling and balancing simultaneously !! Fortunately father was in sync to go slow so started to scoot downhill and half pedal uphill.

Ongoing Learners:

Chriustina: Came after a 18 month break, and started with scooting, and then moved onto pedaling, struggling a bit with the uphill.

Disha Murthy : Arrived early with Dhanya, and stayed till the end of the session. Continued with zig zags, and circles, trying to get a shorter circle before trying figure 8's.

Dhanyashree : Continued with zig zags and turns, and worked hard for the full session, like her cousin Disha.

Gudiya: can pedal but needs more practice using the brakes.

Naveen: now pedals uphill and downhill easily with good control.

Praveen : pedals well but has a slight lurch

Richa: Continued with pedaling today and , then moved to doing zig zags and circles.

Rithvik- Youngest learner of the day, Mom Sindhu trying to get him to hold the handle bar with both hands but he clutches to her arm even more with his left hand. it looks like she will have to persist for quite a while ..

Salma: Apart from doing few rounds, she helped train the newbies, starting with making Lida feel comfortable handling the bike, as she was quite apprehensive initially.

Tsering : Star of the day, the SAI sports psychologist, moved from scooting to half pedaling and finally full pedaling by the end of the class.

Kanimozhi: struggled a little with scouting and balancing at the beginning but quickly improved. She fell once while going downhill, continued practicing, and is expected to start pedaling in the next class

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