Teaching adults how to cycle : BBS Cubbon Park session 31st August 2025

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 31Aug 2025

A hot and sunny day after a long time. Bandstand had a dance performance.

Trainers : Ali, Parag, Vinay, Junaid

Hello: Abhinav and Dad Krisnnamurthy ( with modaks from Buffalo Back...yummm !! ) Chadrashekar sir and flying 'hi' from Sunita ma'am

Newbies :

Antariksh : Man in a hurry to learn 'on his terms' was Junaid's student, and managed to start pedalling. Pronounced lurch and control issues requires ironing out in coming sessions

Hema : Shaky start as was riding after a while, but was fluent by the time session ended, with very safe stops, to our delight !

Narmada- Star of the day. A walk in student who was playing badminton, started with scoting, but by the end of the class managed to pedal downhill and uphill too !

Sunita- Another walkin, she knew how to ride and took a few turns to refresh her skills.

Manjunath : Egged by a lady in red T shirt, he came forward at almost the fag end of the session.. had tried in the childhood but a fall had put an end to the venture. He was quick to grasp basics and was by second trip, powering uphill, unaided but without him knowing, but to obvious delight of his accompanying family

Ongoing Learners:

Anson- The microsoft researcher continued with with balancing and scooting, with a bit more practice should be able to balance well without drifting sideways.

Abhinav- Practiced one handed and then no hands riding.

Rekhita- Her third class, today managed to pedal fluently, and the also did zig zags and turning, and prepare for 1 handed riding helped by Shriya.

Richa- Managed to scoot for longer distances today, should be ready to try pedaling next sunday, great progress !

Surekha - She managed to start to scoot , but needs a bit more practice.

Shriya- Practiced riding and also taught Rekhita.

Salma- Salma was fluently riding today and is ready to do turns and zigzags next class.

Vasumna- Practiced safe stopping today.

Aparna- Got her balance and started pedaling without any trouble, but turning is still a challenge for her.

Sanvi- started with a bit of a lurch, but Sanvi quickly got the hang of pedaling up and down hills. She's now working on circles and needs more practice.

Bhuvith- very skilled rider. Bhuvith had no trouble going uphill or downhill and even managed to do circles

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

Ali, Parag, Vinay, Junaid