Teaching adults how to cycle BBS Cubbon Park session 6th April 25

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 6 April 2025

Back to the hot summer ! Band Stand lively with a music performance. Big turnout of kids and moms, with the school vacations starting.

Trainers : Ali, Parag, Vinay, Naga, Junaid

Hello: Anusha and friend, Abhinav and Krishnamurthi

Newbies :

Anusuya : Has knee issue and was not sure if she could try, but was game to give it a go , and started scooting .

Javaria: Came late..but got into scooting straight away with reasonable posture. Should be balancing in couple of weeks.

Jyoti: Although have got her number before she left, really have little info about what happened and how much she could learn. Hope we see her again soon 🤞

Keerthi : Mom, Revathi and herself, both started same day. Let us see how the training shapes up for each of them ! was also scooting and should be able balance in the next week too.

Nirma: Walk in from the badminton gang, tried scooting for a while before she left.

Pushpa : Probably knew cycling as a child, but from today's scooting, looks like did not achieve balancing skills then. Hope she perseveres this time, and succeeds !

Revathi : Took her first scooting ride. Let us hope she continues and gets going !

Shruti: Started a bit gingerly with balancing, but then progressed to scooting downhill quite well, should be ready to try pedaling next week.

Shriya: Started with static balancing, and then scooting before she had to leave. Her mom and Pranikas mom chatted about what Pranika tried at home to continue scooting practice betwen the sundays.

Sneha : Clearly has been straight line riding previously. Turning and other controls need to be acquired

Siri : Second Daughter Mom combo of the day, Mom Pushpa took the plunge too. More or less lionised the foldie. Vinaya was looking after her well .

Tushara : Started off with scooting and doing good and by next week she should be able to Balance well

Seniors:

Abhinav : Came with dad Krishnamurthy, helped Pranika by lending his bike and she simply zoomed off !, as far as his own progress... seems to be looking at scaling stunt charts.

Aneesh :Continued practicing Circles.

Daksh: A 7th standard student (going to) came along with his mother after 3 months gap. He continued learning to Scoot

Pranika: Star of the day, came on her own bike sans pedals, and managed to get to fluent scoting. She looked ready to try and pedal,so we borrowed Abhinavs bike, it was slightly too big for her to put her feet down, but she gamely tried, and managed to pedal down as well as up !

Richa: Finally, getting the hang of scooting by attempting to transfer balancing responsibility to the hands.. still keeps putting foot down

Shilpa: Comfortable going downhill now, but struggles with going uphill

Vibha: Came late and had to wait for a bike, finally got the tall one but it was hard for her to pedal uphill. comfortable with one hand control downhill.

Till next Sunday..

Keep pedalling!🚴

Ali, Parag,Vinay, Naga, Junaid