Teaching adults how to cycle Bangalore Bicycling School Cubbon Park session 7th June 3026

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 7th June 2026

A great summer day just shy of the monsoon, now well entrenched. Some running event, made parking difficult but other wise, life as usual Sunday!!

Trainers : Aman, Ganesh, Ali, Vinay, welcoming Shraddha !

Hello: None !

Newbies :

Akamsha: got her balance and started pedaling, but she still has a slight wobble that needs improve.

Bhargav : Came with mom Supreetha. Shraddha's student , tried balancing and got the balance having little lurch, need more practice

Disha : Not a true newbie.. been here in January for a session.. Restarted with the basics and proceeded with scooting. Quite nervous in the beginning. how ever with practice should ease up

Kshitija : Came with Disha for 'moral support' and an "Accountability Partner". Started of with the basics and proceeded with scooting. Quite nervous just like Disha but with practice, should settle in.

Shweta : After the 'gyan' managed to scoot with both feet up for some time. Good going !

Supreetha : Already a two wheeler rider, so balancing was not as issue... Uphill pedalling was difficult but practice will ease it in no time

Vasudev : Came with mom and little brother Ganesh, both having their cycles,Ganesh having a regular scooter. Vasudev knew how to pedal, spent time learning the basics - mounting, dismounting, safety checks, start/stop and half pedal. Struggled a bit with half pedaling and will need some more time. His mother had this to say "Vasu had a great learning session! He learnt to pedal over the summer but didn’t know proper mounting and unmounting techniques. He also didn’t know half pedaling. He’s yet to get a hang of half pedaling. He found them to be really helpful. Aman was really patient and great teacher. After about an hour he started feeling that the session was a bit longer and wanted to continue on with his regular cycling."

Ongoing Learners:

Anshi : Little cutie had her second session and unfortunately will be not seen in near future as going back next week

Anuha : Couldn't find rental cycle so arrived late.. Practised signalling with left hand but needs more practice as direction falters

Asha : Came early with her Hubby Nanda photographing every move ! Scooting with confidence but couldn't half pedal for return, as was using a scooting bike.

Anuradha- Had a short stint of riding. needs to learn signalling

Dwithi : Came late, with grandpa and had couple of rounds.

Manisha: Second session and was riding with reasonable control. Turning too but slightly underconfident during the turn. some more practice required in this area.

Monoswita: Tried one of the children's bike too with some trepidation and came out none worse after !

Padma : Improved her braking and did some turning too. Need to go to circles and figure of 8

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.

Saudeep: Third session technically, but last week was truncated one. Getting hang of scooting now..

Meghana : has good balance, but needs to keep her leg in the correct position while pedaling

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