Teaching adults how to cycle : Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park session. 3rd May 2026

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 3 May 2026

Blazingly hot day with no respite from the sun. Bandstand alive with music performance. The park was quieter, and fewer students due to the long weekend.

Trainers : Parag, Ali, Shriya, Vinay

Hello: Abhinav and Dad Krishnamurthy. Chandrashekar ji with another bicycle ! kept with security man Lalappa, for the time being ! Payal from Vision India who was taking a learner out on the Tandem bike.Parags friends Anand and Samit. Asha and Gautam Kilaroo, Dr.Fatima's patient !

Newbies :

Asha : senior of the walk-in sisters, Got the gyan and did mounting / dismounting and a cut in the back of hand started hurting, so left at that.

Usha : Other sister, star of the day. Pedalling by the second round and started turning as well!🏆

Ongoing Learners:

Amar: Got a rental bike and already out and about in the main Cubbon Park internal roads !

Afsha : scooting with medium bike now ..

Advik- Now getting more comfortable started pedalling

Anuradha- Moved to zig zags and turns today. Getting re introduced to safe stops.

Farhan : scooting, started half pedalling with better control

Kausalya: struggles with pedaling due to her height. She tried a smaller bike, but still needs more practice with pedaling

Manasu- Got her own cycle and rode confidently all over the park, Parag met her near the library which was pretty busy with people and their pets.

Roshni : Came late, working on the stopping safely. And had a mix up while parking the bike.

Ruchi : She came in early, did her own thing, pedalling with confidence, and disappeared soon. Not sure how far she has climbed on the step ladder..

Shama : scooting better than her son !

Salma: Spurred by the difficulty she had during Cubbon circular, her aim is to crack half pedaling.

Shinjinee : Continued with scooting and was working on the half pedal while building up stamina..both difficult task in the scorching 🥵 sun !

Tamoghno: Worked on correcting the lurch.

Yami- had a slight lurch but managed to gain a bit of balance.

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