Teaching adults how to cycle Bangalore Bicycling School Cubbon Park session 26th April 2026

[Ali Poonawala]

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

Blazingly hot day with no respite from the sun. Bandstand alive with Dance performance. The TCS 10 K route has changed so we able to get into the park easily today.

Trainers : Aman, Ganesh, Parag, Ali, Shriya, Venkat, Junaid

Hello: Alumnus Siddharaju. Advik's dad kindly donated a first aid box for our students. Unfortunately, there is no storage space available !

Newbies :

Amar - First session and he did great. Wants to ride bike to his office from home. Started with the basics, learnt to scoot and half pedal and did last round on a pedal bike.

Yami- struggled a bit with scouting and balance at first, but after a few rounds, improved and became more balanced.

Shinjinee : She learnt the basics, safety precautions and did scooting this session, she made good progress

Ongoing Learners:

Afsha : scooting... more at ease than her brother or .mom !

Antra : Cntinued pedaling up and down and correcting the slight lurch due to hip movement, and started with zig zag.

Advik- Continued scooting today, there is still a bit of a lurch that needs correction. Ideas given to correct the lurch and will be corrected in the following sessions

Anuradha- Star ofthe day, after a few rounds of scooting, progressed all the way to pedaling down and then up too !

Chandira - Riding confidently up and down now.

Daksh : He was a stealth student...came.. practised on his own and disappeared!

Debashree: Came after a long break, and focused on scooting downhill, first with both legs, then with right and left leg on the pedal to correct the lurch, and half-pedaling uphill.

Farhan : scooting with plenty of lurch

Kausalya: Came back after a break. Contined with scooting today and managed to brave ahead despite a small fall and is able to get balance intermittently while going downhill.

Manasu- Started on riding one handed to prepare for signaling.

Ojasvi- Confidently pedaling now; started on zigzags, and also did some circles.

Rachna- scooting continued.

Ruchi - Second Star of the day, went from scooting all the way to pedaling today !

Shama : scooting better than her son !

Tamoghno: Is able to pedal uphill and downhill. Also practiced slow speed riding towards the end.

Vivekanand- Practiced riding one handed riding for signaling.

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

Aman, Ganesh, Parag , Ali, Shriya, Venkat, Junaid