Teaching adults how to cycle Bangalore Bicycling School Cubbon Park session 12th April 2026

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 12 April 2026

Blazingly hot day with no respite from the sun. Bandstand alive with Music performance.

Trainers : Vinay, Ganesh, Parag, Ali, Junaid, Shriya, Bhoomika

Hello: Rohini, who had come for a walk and Chandrashekhar Ji with candy for the learners. Bhoomikas friend Vineeta who joined us for the circular ride.

Cubbon Circular: Strike us Pink ! We had the 1st circular or 2026, and 4 Wonderful women completed it successfully, congratulations to all of them. Eldest Circular rider today (and probably among all circulars held so far), was our 72 year old bubbly cheerleader Dr Salma. Youngest rider was 11 year old Yukthi. And the other two learners were Anuha and Manassu. Escorting them were the trainers: Vinay, Ganesh, Parag, Ali,Junaid,Bhoomika and her friend Vineetha.

Newbies :

Antra : In her words. ." I was taught by Bhumika. Learnt how to mount, dismount and basic cycle rules. Did scooting and half peddling.I stayed till 9:30 "

Ashwini : Her own report: "Boomikha taught me mounting & Dismounting, i stayed for abt 2hrs & i learnt hw to handle th breaks scooting not yet started"

Chaitra: Startered off with the basics and practiced a few rounds of scooting. Left early after a few rounds.

Prithvi : Initially had a fall 8 years back and came here to overcome her fear. She has an adventurous soul! She learnt how to scoot, half pedal and she also started pedalling today! Very well done.

Soujanya : Stayed from start of the session to end, she learnt how to scoot properly and the basics. She has made good progress today.

Ongoing Learners:

Anjali : The youngest of the marwari girls trio along with Kavitha and Puri.made cycle sharing quite a task !

Anuradha : Eldest learner today, the plucky Mumbaikar continued scooting and made good progress.

Advik- Continued scooting today, had a small tumble but soldiered on !

Anusuya : Took couple of rounds...has forgotten most of the safety 'Gyaan' !😳

Chandira - wobbles a little at first, but after a few rounds, she rides straight.

Daksh : He is not willing to give a good try to his hands to do the balancing...

Dwithi : had to wait for quite a while before could lay her hands on the smallest available bike. scooting but not well.

Gudiya : pedaling now

Kavita- scooing still... having a battle Royale for maximizing saddle time ..

Manasu- Mastered zig zags and circles today. and successfully completed the Cubbon Circular. However, has significant lurch and despite having it, braved her way through the Circular !

Meghana- Continued with scooting and was also half pedaling half way uphill.

Nishi : Worked on scooting, tried to pedal a bit in the last round, needs a bit more practice to stay upright.

Ojasvi- is pedaling now; she wobbles a little at first, but after a few rounds she gets the hang of it, though she still wobbles a bit while riding uphill and needs more practice.

Puri : This girl and couple of her friends monopolized the medium bicycle donated by Adwik's parents, much to everyone's annoyance.

Rachna- Alternated for some time with Vivek, for the bicycles were in short supply, her scooting continued.

Salma : The senior ever smiling lady came, did couple of rounds , and joined us for the Circular, and despite half pedal handicap, which needs working upon, rode it with aplomb.

Vivekanand- Practiced riding for a while and then started on one handed ridiing for signaling.

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

Vinay, Ganesh, Parag , Ali, Shriya,Bhoomika