Teaching adults how to cycle BBS Cubbon Park session 24th August 2025

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 24 Aug 2025

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

Trainers : Ali, Parag, Vinay

Hello: Shraddha and Karjat gang, Go Green gang and Prabhakar Rao , Abhinav and Dad Krisnnamurthy, Dy Dir of Horticulture Ms Kusuma and Cubbon conservation society volunteer Sunita. Ashok T. Ultra runner and cyclist.

Newbies :

Abhaya - The aspiring tennis learner had a go at learning to cycle. Scooted for a short time till tennis class was due

Nelson- The microsoft researcher started a git gingerly with balancing and scooting, with a bit more practice should be able to balance well.

Sidhra- Salma inspired her to come and learn. Started gingerly with static banancing and then gave scootig a short try before it was time to wind up.

Surekha - Wants to ride a 2 wheeler, and cycling is the first step. She managed to start to scoot , but needs a bit more practice.

Ongoing Learners:

Abhinav- Practiced one handed and then no hands riding.

Aneesh- practiced signaming and turning.

Harshith: came with his dad, and practiced scooting, is getting the hang of it and needs more practice.

Rekhita- Her second class, managed to pedal , but had a bit of a lurch. So practiced scooting a bit with Shraddha, and then practiced riding without a lurch, helped by Shreya.

Rani- Came on a rental bike and pedaled up and down, and then practiced zigzags and circles.

Shruthi- Successfully managed to pedal today! Struggled a bit with turning, With a little more practice and zig zag drills, she should be able to manage that. Initiated into half pedalling

Shreya- Practiced riding and also taught Rekhita.

Salma- Salma was fluently riding today after a bit of a challenge with the cycle size leading to discomfort in pedaling uphill.

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

Ali, Parag, Vinay