Teaching adults to cycle: Bangalore Bicycling School Cubbon Park 28th June 2026

[Parag Patankar]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 28 June 2026

A bright and sunny day, the monsoon rains still staying away ! Park busy with Walking event, with lots of cars parked in the area. A Bharatnatyam performance at the Bandstand.

Trainers : Parag, Vinay,Shriya

Hello: Tiny Tot Teertha with parents Tarun and Rachna. Sunita mam walking her dogs, including a frisky one year old stray called "Rowdy". Dr. Salma's friend, Meera.

Newbies :

Aishvarya: Came with Ramya and learnt the basics, started to scoot and is making good progress so far!

Ramya: Came with Aishvarya and learnt the safety basics, started scooting she is making good progress.

Ongoing Learners:

Anjali : Tried scooting got little bit of balance

Divya: Continued with scooting, she is gettign the balance correct, but shoulder drop is causing a bit of a lurch, she is working on correcting that.

Disha Murthy : Continued with some scooting and half pedalling for a while and tried pedaling too.

Dhanyashree : Came with Disha and after some pedalling up and down, moved to gentle zig zags today.

Gudiya: Came after a break. She quickly picked up pedaling and got a good grip. She struggled a little on uphill pedaling and needs more practice.

Harshitha : Continued with cycling up and down for a while, and then started on zig zags. She had not been taught the safety basics in the last class, so we introduced that too.

Meghana: Managed to balance and pedal well downhill, and part of the uphill, but struggling when the slope gets steeper.

Ojasvi: Practiced one handed riding, and started with signaling.

Padma: Did zigzags, then circles including figure 8, and started on riding one handed for signaling.

Ram : Continued with scooting

Rudra: managed to crack balancing and pedaled confidently down and then up, and moved to zig zags,

Sangeetha : Knows how to ride, she helped Anjali with scooting.

Salma: Apart from doing few rounds, now helping with training !

Vivekanand: Practiced a few rounds as and when bikes were available.

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

Photo of all learners

Dr Salma with her friend Meera