Fwd: How to teach adults to cycle

[Ali Poonawala]

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From: Ali Poonawala <alfa...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 7, 2023, 11:05 PM
Subject: How to teach adults to cycle
To: Sharath Chandar <bangalor...@googlegroups.com>, GGI-Club (Go Green Initiator's Club) <ggi-...@googlegroups.com>

Hi friends...

Assembly Elections in Karnataka ideally should have nothing to do with Bangalore Bicycling School teaching session..

But with high profile road shows of PM yesterday and today with uncertainty and confusion about what would be state of traffic.. plus a light drizzle playing hide and seek...and lovely chill in the morning...

it would be tempting to go for the snooze and remain curled up  .. however....

some bravehearts did turn up !

 Respects and cheers!💐

Begur session :

Trainers  2 Mihir, Ali

Newbies 2 Nina and Purvi

Seniors   2 Abilasha and Ashwini

Mihir, who was kind enough to get Training bike, ( Miss India, Ganesh calls it !) and I with foldie, waited few minutes before Purvi arrived with mom, followed by Abhilasha Nina and Ashwini in short time span..

I started with Purvi, a rank newbie and usual gyan about safety, left leaning, brakes were followed by static balancing and a bit of scooting and pedalling too. 

Abhilasha has issues with her lurch but more worrying was tendency to tilt and dismount on right side, getting almost in the middle of the road and that too with no control. This need work, specifically re learning left tilt and hone in stop-rstarts. Great thing was.. the way she and Purvi braved the drizzle and continued.. we got winners on our hand! 

Ashwini brought her own bike and was pretty independent, managed to get access to the club premises to practice, which was awesome ! Practicing multiple safe starts and stops.. is the absolute key, and she found it !

The pics and parking tip followed before saying bye. 

Mihir's report

"

Nina

She is a new learner, joined today from electronic city, she is totally new into cycling and wanted to learn it, today she learned to get in and out of bike, scooting and breaking, she is a quick learner

"

Thanks Mihir !🙏💐

Cubbon session:

The chat was full of messages of regret for inability to join.. 

Trainers : 6

Parag, Junaid, Vijay, Naga, Ratan, Deepak.

Newbies : 5

Ayan, Tania, Ankita, Almaas, Harshita 

Seniors: 10+1

Kumari Devi, Monika, Keertana, Rishika, Neeta, Nivetha, Sandeep Shaswath, Shabin, Siddaraju (Deepa)

Hello:

Chandrashekar ji

Sahasra + Akshyani ( Naga's daughter and Niece)

Parag's report :

"

Wonderful rainy morning today, and it kept drizzling for most of the session. The park was quiet empty due to the double whammy of rain and the roadshow.

Our dedicated trainers and learners were out in full strength. Unfortunately the Bike rental guy also shut shop due to the roadshow, and our senior Deepa who had a late night shift and still woke up and went to the rental place first had to return empty handed, and reached the training area when we had just finished putting the bikes back, so she could not practice today.

Naga had forgotten the key (drove today), and Junaid arrived late, so we started the session with the theory and basics demo using my cycle.

Hellos- Chandrashekhar Ji, Naga's Daughter Sahasra and her cousin who looks like her twin!

Trainers:5 : Vijay -Who finished a 200 Km night Brevet at 5 am today and still came to teach, and was fully fresh and energetic ! Helmets off to that commitment !, Naga, Junaid, Parag and Deepak (Parags Friend)

Newbies

Ayan & Taniya -The couple were the first to arrive, and both of them Managed to learn to scoot, though there is a slight lurch that needs some practice to correct.

Ankita- Had ridden as a child was able to scoot quickly and pedal up and down, but struggled with turning.

Harshita - Managed to learn to scoot today, but needs a bit more practice before starting to pedal

Seniors

Devi- Scooted comfortably today, and then moved to pedaling , interestingly she is more comfortable pedaling uphill than downhill.

Keerthana- Almost there with scooting, she will be able to scoot all the way soon

Monika- Was confidently riding up and down, and doing turns

Neeta- Rode up and down confidently, and started on zig zags. She has already bought a bike, we hope to see her riding on the roads soon.

Nivetha- Did clockwise and anti-clockwise circles and is starting figure 8's

Rishika- Mastered zig zagging and is now starting on circles.

Sandeep- Practiced riding one handed for signaling

Shabin- Did some scooting, then switched to pedaling downhill easily, but struggled a bit on the uphill.

Shashwat- Practiced scooting, is almost there, needs to correct a bit of a drift.

"

Thanks Parag 🙏💐

 Naga Prakash's report:

"

07May

Students: Ayan, Rani, Neetu, Shashwat

Trainer: Naga Prakash 

*Ayan & Rani:* Both came together and this is their first class. Started with scooting and made some progress. No lurching observed, but need more practice. 

*Devi:* Our trainer Vijay's friend, this is her 2nd class. She started with scooting but picked up on pedaling. Good progress Devi.. keep practicing.

*Shashwat:* Able to scoot and balance a bit, which is good. Seems he is in hurry to learn because of which unable to learn. Needs more focused practicing. 

*Neetu:* I think it's her 2nd class and she is able to pedal properly. She kept practicing.

"

Thanks Naga 🙏👍

Junaid's report:

"

A beautiful day for Cycling, with a light drizzle and a cool Morning, started the day with Ayan and Taniya, Ayan was the scooting and would be able to start balancing from the next session onwards.

The star of the day was Almas Adeeba ! who was a first timer and was able to balance and get her first couple of rides effortlessly, she will be back in the coming weeks to practice and get more confidence !

Shabin was practicing and was getting her balance very confidently !

Completed the day with the customary picture taken !

" 

Thanks Junaid👍💐

Ratan's report :

"

07 May - 8.00 am to 9.30 am

Students : Taniya and Harshitha

Trainer : Ratan Gundami

*Taniya* : Today was her first class I believe. She started with scooting today. She is able to balance up to 3-4 seconds downhill. Need to balance more and yet to start with pedal 

*Harshitha* : It's her first day. She is scooting well and also able to balance for up to 5 seconds. Was able to try pedaling with someone holding back but still needs to balance and practice more.

" 

Thanks Ratan 🙏💐

So friends..

Hope you all will cast your votes without fail..

And keep Pedalling !

Ali Poonawala