Teaching adults how to cycle : Bangalore Bicycling School Cubbon Park session 29th March 2026

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 29 March 2026

Barricading one lane seems to have become a norm for Kasturba road event or no event ! Actually.. may not be a bad idea to give a permanancy so that the mindset gets used to the bottleneck at Hudson circle ! Partly overcast morning, a small respite from the sun, but higher humidity today. Bandstand alive with Dance performance.

Trainers : Vinay, Ganesh, Parag , Ali, Shriya

Hello: No one except Rohini, who had a go at cycling again ! shall we call it re-cycling..? 😃😜

Newbies :

Anusuya : Daksh's mom, after initial hesitation, was game to learn the basics and soon was scooting momentarily lifting both feet up...👍

Dhanshika :A passer by..with parents and younger sister Prithvika. Learnt basis and started scooting.

Khushvika : Taught her to mount/dismount with the cycle flat on the ground, her bike was a bit tall for her to sit comfortably. After that her mother walked with her as she tried to scoot for a bit and then took a break, and tried scooting on the smaller bike with her Dad, when Trishaan was taking a break.

Sadhana : Arrived early with hubby and helped to get the bikes out too. Learnt the basics and scooting, she is making good progress!

Trishaan : Dad's update : Namaste sir..Trishaan will also take some time to perfact his cycling...🙏

Ongoing Learners:

Advik- came today after a long break, and started with scooting again. He and his dad generously donated Adviks old bike, this one if good for mid sized children and small adults, and now our stable has 13 cycles !

Amita- Had come once a few weeks ago and learnt the basics. Today continued from there and scooted for a while, and in the last few rounds managed to pedal, needs a bit more prctice to stay upright fo the full slope.

Anuha : Riding well and into learning to signal .. but safe braking still need practice.

Chandira - Continued with scooting. Starting to get balance for a few seconds and is making progress.

Daksh : Came after a gap. Scooting but still not able to glide free. without feet touching the ground.

Harshit- Continued with scooting and just started pedalling

Hitansh began scooting and needs to control the cycle. He tends to hurry while riding.

Kavita- Youngest learner now for third session, continued scooting and tried half pedalling.

Manasu- Continued with scooting for a bit, to correct he lurch and and half pedaling up. Finally moved to full pedaling also, just needs to correct the slight shoulder movement and braking

Nishi : She came along with her brother today, who was learning with his father. She has made better progress but needs to maintain balance better. She can do better

Praveen - Began with scooting and getting balance briefly. needs more practice

Rohini : Senior alumna returning post knee replacement and a fractured ankle... buoyed by her strength training program, she made tentative foray into half pedalling and scooting again... Her enthusiasm to return despite obvious set backs is salutory !😇

Salma : The senior ever smiling lady came , did couple of rounds , chatted up few youngsters with words of encouragement and pulled out a bit early ...

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

Vinay, Ganesh, Parag , Ali, Shriya