Teaching adults how to cycle BBS Cubbon Park session 15th March 26

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 15th March 2026

Summer is well set..not even an apology of a cloud anywhere. Bandstand alive with soulful Classical music and songs. And Cubboners doing what they always do...from Aerobics to Zumba and every thing in between !

Trainers : Vinay, Ganesh, Parag , Ali

Hello: We got ABC! Ashok T. our ultrarunner-cyclist, training for a Ride to Udupi, followed by a 12 Hour run, and then riding back home. Bhoomika dressed for a day out, came to say hello to her RGHU nursing colleagues. Chandrashekar sir during his mid morning walk. Parag's wife Priya who had come to the Park for an event. Venkatesh after his Cubbon run.

Newbies :

Anuradha: Although came earlier once, so technically not a newbie but did not learn much then. Vinay helped her and was scooting today

Anusha- First of the trio of Bhoomikas friends from Nursing school, achieved a perfect scoot very quickly and then went on to pedal.

Chaitra- Second of Bhoomikas friends, had a slower start , but she too went all the way to pedaling.

Gurleen - The IBanker was the first student to arrive, and the last one to leave, and was rewarded for her persistent effort by managing to go all the way to Pedaling on the first day itself.

Kausalya : Startered off with the basics and began with scooting. Today was more about getting familiar with a cycle. With a few more sessions of practice for scooting we can proceed with further aspects.

Sneha- The last of Bhoomikas friends, went from pedaling to even riding one handed.

Chandira - was acompanied by her family. Began with the basics and started with scooting. some more sessions needed to practice scooting before we move on to other areas

Prajwal : An athelete and coach himself,, lost a leg in an accident, is rebuilding his life.. wants to get back on the saddle to cycle as before. Since left leg is the mooring or grounding leg in cycling , which is lost and now prosthetic leg has to learn the technique. Putting left foot on the pedal was a challange he managed to get past and pedalled uphill too.

Vismaya : Another late walk in, after the elaborate gyan managed to do a bit of f scooting and tried half pedalling for the upslope.

Ongoing Learners:

Dithwi- This sweetie pie is comfortable with her own training plan ! Grandpa's indulgence keeps her going ..

Gaurav : Now riding with confidence, with minimal lurch. Doing turns well, need to move on.

Sharon- Continued with practicing zig zags today.

Yukthi- Fairly fluent in her riding, seems to have jumped to signalling..not sure if circles and Figure of 8 have been gone through !

Saanch- Doing scooting.

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

Vinay, Ganesh, Parag, Ali