Teaching adults how to cycle Bangalore Bicycling School Cubbon Park session 17th May 2026

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 17 May 2026

Sunny hot day, the park busy with the Mango and Jackfruit mela.

Trainers : Parag, Ali, Ganesh, Vinay, Junaid, Aman

Hello: Shriya's Dad Animesh who had come for the Mango Mela. Amit with sons Ranveer and Saurav and nephew Akshay

Newbies :

Amala- The IT engineer frrom Thompson Reuters was the first one to arrive. After helping get a bike, she started off with the basics, and made good progress to get to scooting.

Madhulekha - Star of the day, a first timer, was very shaky, got her confidence from the word go and was riding like a pro! no stoping her now ! show would need to practice turns and safe stops in the next class !

Padma was the other star of the day ! she was scooting then got the confidence and balanced well downhill and was also abel to manage to do the uphill in spite of the humidity, husband and she were thrilled with the progress ! keep it up, and practice more.

Preeti : Was the other star of the day! Began with the basics and proceeded with scooting. A bit nervous, but by the end of the session managed to get balance and also began to pedal with some assistance. Definitely needs to get used to pedaling.Good progress for day one!

Ongoing Learners:

Advik- Today managed to pedall down and then up with confidence, and made a good emergency stop too. Needs to lookup to avoid the emergency braking ;-)

Ashwini- did half pedaling well.

Meghana: Came back after a break. Practiced scooting. While getting balance albeit briefly and sporadic,is still finding it challenging to find the balance

Prajna : leans to the left side and needs more practice in scooting.

Salma: Did a few rounds up and down, again did half pedalling for a little while, and encouradged the other learners.

Aluma: She was able to balance and pedal but struggled with pedaling uphill. Tried a few slow rounds uphill while keeping her back straight and also practiced start/stop.

Sadhana: Second session and continued to practice scooting and hald pedal. Still needs more practice with both the things.

Yami; can now balance with a small wobble and is ready for the next step

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