Teaching adults how to cycle Bangalore Bicycling school Cubbon Park session 2nd August 2026

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 2 Aug 2026

A cool and breezy day, but the monsoon rains still staying way ! A dance performance at the Bandstand.

Trainers : Parag, Vinay, Ganesh, Ali,Bhoomika

Hello: Parags friends Anand and Bhaskar

Newbies :

Ayush : Claimed he had cycled in childhood. Started with Gyan and scooting. having problems with half pedalling

Dimple:Began with Basics , and proceeded with scooting and half pedaling after a few rounds she was able to pedal on her own.

Ravi: started with scooting and balancing and gained a little balance.

Ridhi Gupta: began with the basics and proceeded with scooting. Some amount of lurch is there but is able to get balance in short bursts. Also practiced half pedaling, however more practice needed in this area

Shobha: A maths teacher. She had trouble finding the location, but after she arrived she started with the basics. She moved on to scooting and halfpedaling and did well in both. When she tried full pedaling she couldn’t quite manage it, so she continued practicing halfpedaling and scooting.

Shilpa: The Solar circuit designer was the last student of the day, started with basics and balancing, and then quickly moved to scooting and managed to pedal one round before the end.

Ongoing Learners:

Anuradha- Practiced scooting today, needs a bit more practice to get comfortable.

Christina: Was pedaling comfortably downhil, with a bit of a stuggle uphill today, and did some circles.

Disha Murthy : Arrived early practiced circles, is comfortable clockwise, is trying to get a shorter anti-clockwise circle before trying figure 8's.

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

Kanimozhi: continued with balancing tried half peddling needs more practice

Lida- Started with a bit of scooting, and then managed to pedal downhill comfortably, though there is a bit if a left lean that needs correction, and she was struggling a bit on the uphill.

Meghana- Comfortable doing circles and figure 8's now,and starting with one handed riding.

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

Praveen : pedals well but has a slight lurch

Richa: Continued with zig zags and circles, struggles with smaller circles.

Salma: Apart from doing few rounds, she helped train the newbies,

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