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

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 31 May 2026

Sunny and humid day. Park a bit quieter, and fewer kids with school vacations coming to an end tomorrow.

Trainers : Parag, Bhoomika, Junaid, Aman, Ali, Shriya, Ganesh, Vinay - Magnificent 8- after a long time everyone had turned up together

Hello: Shriya's Dad Animesh with a colleague, out for a walk.

Newbies :

Asha: Senior citizen, came with husband Nanda. after the gyan session, started scooting and learnt half pedalling for way up.

Ayesha: Came with mom Firouza and Dad Arjun, the High schooler from Hyderabad had not ridden for a few years. Started with safety basics, then rode up and down to correct a slight lurch, moved to circles.

Firouza: Ayeshas mom, after the basics, started with scooting, needs a bit more practice to scoot for longer intervals.

Manisha: Began with the basics followed by scooting and quickly progressed all the way to pedaling uphill and downhill successfully albeit with some starting jitters.There is some amount of lurch that needs correction and half pedaling needs some fine tuning. A good start for the first session. [P.S Special shout out to Dr Salma as well for the assist in the session in the beginning! ]

Monoswita: Had come a bit late but she learnt the basics and some scooting. She has made good progress.

Ongoing Learners:

Amulya- The marketer was the first one to arrive today also. After helping get a bike, she started off with pedaling, and then moved on to zig zags too.

Asha : Sister Usha tells us " Same here, needs to learn some more balancing the cycle before riding."

Advik- Significant lurching with fast downward pedalling and flying legs as he tries to stop is a scary sight .. cycling equivalent of a loose cannon ! Refusing to take in all corrective inputs. His dad agreed to get a rental bike for the next session.

Anuradha- Continued with scooting and abit of half pedaling.

Chandira - Came a bit late and practiced riding by herself and tried hand singaling

Padma : Most safety precautions forgotten.. needs to de-learn and relearn !

Rudra : Riding with a lurch practicing zig zag riding

Salma: Apart from doing few rounds, now getting involved in the training aspect !! Wonderful 👍

Samyuktha: Continued scooting, needs more practice.

Shinjinee: Continued scooting, needs more practice/confidence to let the cycle go faster.

Usha : In her own words : "Last Sunday's session was good. Pedaling and steering are getting much better. Confidence is up. Still needs to learn some more balancing the cycle, especially when starting and stopping. "

Veena - She arived at the start with Amulya, and practiced scooting.She still needs more practice to let the cycle roll faster and keep the legs up. She is good in half-pedalling.

Yami- Moved to pedaling today and managed to go up and down steadily, and then moved to zig zags.

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