Teaching adults how to cycle BBS Cubbon Park session 5 October 2025

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 5 Oct 2025

A hot and sunny day after a longtime. The park was quieter due to the long weekend. Bandstand had a vocal performance. We did a cubbon circular with a bunch of current and recently graduated students.

Trainers : Parag, Vinay,Aman,Ali,Shriya, Priyanka

Hello: Mr Chandrashekar

Cubbon Circular: Aneesh, Simran, Surabhi, Rakshana, Iram . Instructors- Aman, Shriya, Vinay, Ali, Parag

Newbies :

Anuha- The Bio statistician was the first student to turn up, and started gingerly with balancing, and then made good progress with scooting downhill, and did a bit of half pedaling uphill.

Ayushi- Spent time understanding the safety and balancing basics and then moved to the scooting bike. Still needs practice on balancing.

Dakshith- Youngest learner today, tried scooting with his uncle. He did his best to learn.

Manya : Came with full family support but shooed off her brother, not finding him really useful. Mom was super happy, Manya was not even ready to sit on a bicycle before, and here she was, happy to scoot on her own !

Sangeetha- Tried scooting, got scared and fell, took a short rest, and tried again. She needs more practice.

Swetha - She seems to have done self training, as none of the trainer is aware of how she progressed 😫 Apologies for that !

Ongoing Learners:

Anagha - The marketing manager from Amazon came after a break, and focused on scooting, and a bit of pedaling. With a little more practice she should be able to ride smoothly.

Aneesh- Came after a break due to illness, rode on a rental bike and helped escort students during the Cubbon circular.

Anson- Continued with pedaling today, the balance is good, except pedaling uphill.

Iram - Ayushis friend, a product support engineer, she already knew how to ride, and did the circular today.

Rakshana- The digital marketer continued her good progress, went all the way to pedaling fluently with zigzags and turns, and did the Cubbon circular.

Richa- Practiced scooting, and twinned in a stylish hat with Salma.

Salma- Super enthusiastic as usual, rode a few rounds, and encouraged Richa, the two of them had really broad smiles and stylish hats on, this was the picture of the day !

Sapna- started by learning to balance, then practiced pedaling uphill, struggled a bit with downhill pedaling, and finally tried riding in circles with Aman’s help

Simran- Came after a long break, due to illness. She managed to successfully complete the cubbon circular,despite geting exhausted mid-way due to the heat and having skipped breakfast.

Surabhi- Continued her rapid progress, mastered zig zags, started doing circles, and managed to complete the Cubbon circular too !

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

Shriya, Parag, Vinay, Aman, Ali