Teaching adults how to cycle

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Please note :

There is NO JP nagar session for tomorrow !😢

JP Nagar session will be on 11th, Tuesday. Near Shalini Grounds between 6.30 am -7.30 am

Yateesh will be the trainer for that

Hope all have wonderful sessions !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

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Dec 14, 2018, 6:55:27 AM12/14/18

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
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Response roster link
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Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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Dear Dr.Ali Saheb,

Tomorrow 16 December 2018 is our 10th anniversary ride, pls do join us along with your team by 7am @ Jayanagar T-Block kabadi grounds. Pls ask every one to register so that we know the head count..

Below is our event link..

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Dec 15, 2018, 10:22:39 AM12/15/18

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Hi friends !

No JP Nagar session for tomorrow.

Cubbon Park session is on for tomorrow...

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :. Ajith

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

Please note :

There is NO JP nagar session for tomorrow !😢

Apologies for the "no show" !

Whatsapp group will have the announcement about next JP Nagar session as soon as a volunteer signs up and informs on the group...

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

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Dec 16, 2018, 10:30:54 AM12/16/18

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Thank you sir ...it's been pleasure to provide the cycles to your noble initiative ..

Regards

Vijay Chhabria

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Dec 21, 2018, 6:18:47 AM12/21/18

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Response roster link
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Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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Dec 22, 2018, 7:49:29 AM12/22/18

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.Hi friends !

No JP Nagar session for tomorrow.

Cubbon Park session is on for tomorrow...

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :. Vimalkumar

Ajith

Arjun

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

Please note :

There is NO JP nagar session for tomorrow !😢

Apologies for the "no show" !

Whatsapp group will have the announcement about next JP Nagar session as soon as a volunteer signs up and informs on the group...

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

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Dec 28, 2018, 10:46:57 AM12/28/18

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Response roster link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1scRjRBTuPETe_KLvaDYqKC6r2RiXmVHTdF44nPWh5YM/pubhtml?gid=1110625669&single=true

Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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Hi friends !

No JP Nagar session for tomorrow.

Cubbon Park session is on for tomorrow...

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :. Vimalkumar

Sachin

? Arjun

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

Please note :

There is NO JP nagar session for tomorrow !😢

Apologies for the "no show" !

Whatsapp group will have the announcement about next JP Nagar session as soon as a volunteer signs up and informs on the group...

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

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Jan 2, 2019, 9:51:33 AM1/2/19

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15 K training road ride:

Aim : To get new students to become comfortable riding on the regular Bengaluru roads.

How much ?

It is free.

When :

First weekend of the month we conduct Free 15 Km road ride. Cubbon Park to Mekri Circle and back.

For whom :

for senior students who have cracked bicycle riding in protected spaces but are scared to go on the road with traffic.

for you to join this ride..

1.You must be able to take a start, on upslope, within your lane, without straying your direction.
2.You must be able to stop safely, by moving towards kerb, while remaining seated and not come to dead stop in the middle of the road.
3. If you can give hand signals it will be added safety point.

Our trainers will shield you.

Who else can join :

All previous students, who haven't done this ride, are welcome !

We welcome regular kind hearted cyclists as volunteers for this !!

For newbies : We allow as many stops as you feel comfortable.

How about cycles ?

Bring your own, if possible. Vijay, of social virus, has been kind, providing rent free cycles for this -without fees and out of turn - as well, but we need to tell him the numbers by Friday afternoon.

Assembly point :

our usual teaching area :
Tennis club car park, Cubbon Park

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Time : Assemble : 6.30 AM
Depart : 6.45 AM
Expected finish time : 7.45 AM

Day : Sunday 6th January 2019

Bring water.
Helmet adds to safety.
No loose chappals or broad bottom trousers (gets into chain)

Route:

From 3, Kasturba Rd, Ambedkar Veedhi, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India to 3, Kasturba Rd, Ambedkar Veedhi, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India via Sankey Rd.

1. Head southeast toward Kasturba Rd
2. Turn left onto Kasturba Rd
3. Turn left onto Queens Rd
4. Continue straight onto Raj Bhavan Rd
5. Turn left to stay on Raj Bhavan Rd
6. Turn right onto Palace Rd
7. Slight left onto Sankey Rd
8. Slight right onto Guttahalli Main Rd/Ramana Maharshi Rd/Sankey Rd
9. Turn left onto 4th Main Rd
10. Arrive at location: NEXA Palace ( technical, ignore, keep moving !! )
11. Head east on 4th Main Rd toward Bellary Rd/Ramana Maharshi Rd
12. Turn left onto Bellary Rd/Ramana Maharshi Rd
13. Slight left onto Enayathulla Mehkri Square Rd
14. Make a U-turn at CV Raman Rd/Jayamahal Main Rd
15. Use any lane to turn slightly left onto Bellary Rd/Ramana Maharshi Rd
16. Arrive at location: Le Méridien Bangalore (ignore, technical. Keep moving !)
17. Head south on Sankey Rd toward Palace Rd/Palace Cross Rd
18. Continue straight (past signal) onto Palace Rd/Raj Bhavan Rd
19. Turn right onto Infantry Rd (change lane, to Rt side for next move)
20. Turn right onto Dr Ambedkar Veedhi
21. Arrive at location: National Informatics Centre ( ignore, move on !)
22. Head southwest on Dr Ambedkar Veedhi toward Queens Rd/Raj Bhavan Rd
23. Slight left onto Ambedkar Rd Underpass
24. Slight left onto Nrupathunga Rd
25. At Corporation Cir, take the 1st exit onto Kasturba Rd
26. Exit the roundabout onto Kasturba Rd (watch for buses)
27. Arrive at location: Kempegowda Tower (go past after saluting in mind !)
28. Head northeast on Kasturba Rd
29. Turn left (into second sandstone arch into BBSch training area.)
30. Arrive at location: 3, Kasturba Rd

Congratulations !!
You did it !!👍💐

Keep pedalling !

Let me know by Friday 9 am , latest, if you need a cycle. Vijay needs to know.

Ali Poonawala

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
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Response roster link
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Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

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Hi friends !

Reporting from a chilled Cubbon Park, boiling over with yet-another-running-event crowd !!

And this one was cooking millets..FYI 🤓

We curled our tails in and slipped over to secondary area.

Myself and foldie set up the shop with banners, Vimalkumar joined a bit later.

Only 4 students, with one freshie, Ardhra Krishna.

She was flowing, without support, by second round..and still managed to chirp..."But I am not able to ride straight..!!" Talk about high expectations !!🙄

Saiyeda on the other hand was over the moon.. on cracking the turn, having fair confidence with straight riding..

Suma is getting there, but finding time is the problem here, hope she can come often.

Lastly, Param got the standing start and mashing added to his impressive achievements, with consummate ease..

Got photos clicked and after few more rounds for Suma, we called it a day..

Sedate but sound start for 2019 !

Remain saddled !!

Warm regards

Ali Poonawala

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Jan 11, 2019, 12:43:25 PM1/11/19

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Response roster link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1scRjRBTuPETe_KLvaDYqKC6r2RiXmVHTdF44nPWh5YM/pubhtml?gid=1110625669&single=true

Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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Jan 13, 2019, 7:11:40 AM1/13/19

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Hi friends !

Cubbon Park reporting !

Heart sank as I approached from Hudson circle on my foldie..as now familiar picture, of panting runners with bib numbers, yellow barricade strips to keep traffic aside and traffic police scattered around came alive, with blaring cacophony from Kanteerava heightening my fear about the state of primary teaching area, rental bikes Etc..Etc..

Seeing few car cars in venkatappa art gallery area lifted the mood, and the soulful music nudged Kanteerava over. Hari and rental van made me actually smile !

Put up the posters with help of a non participating runner, who later asked questions about what bike to buy..Sorted out him and waited, watching cubbon in its elemental rhythm.

Dr. Sowmya came first and the sport she is, opted to take a rental bike, leaving foldie for newbies.. Angelina arrived and put foldie to business. End of the session, she was cycling on her own, on a rental bike ! Well done, needless to add, practice is required.

Suma, as usual,arrived towards the fag end... ..Is getting more used to it and handling better.

Vimal came and helped Dr. Sowmya, who now is learning to mash- pedalling off saddle was matched by Param doing the same..

Ankit came with mom Jaya and bowled me over with his confidence ! All of 10, he has his own U tube site !!

Had a few rounds on the foldie and did not give it back till I wanted to go home !

After the customary clicks, we trooped to the campaign benches to resist "elevated Corridor" project, one post card each to CM and his deputy to invite citizens for consultation for 35K correct project..!

Gauri is surely making impact with this, hoping to pile a lakh cards on their desks !💐

More power to cycle peddlers

And Post card peddlers too !

Warm regards !

Ali Poonawala

PS : Ganesh will post JP Nagar report and photos !

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

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Jan 18, 2019, 6:25:19 AM1/18/19

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Response roster link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1scRjRBTuPETe_KLvaDYqKC6r2RiXmVHTdF44nPWh5YM/pubhtml?gid=1110625669&single=true

Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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Bengaluru

Ali Poonawala

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Jan 19, 2019, 11:22:56 AM1/19/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are working tomorrow !

Let us warm up the chill in the air !!

Cubbon Park:

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :. Vimalkumar

? Ajith

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainer : Ganesh

Hope all have wonderful sessions !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

Urologist
Bengaluru

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Jan 20, 2019, 8:21:22 AM1/20/19

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Hi friends !

Both, Cubbon Park and JP Nagar had sessions today..

JP Nagar:

Ganesh's report of JPN session copied and pasted here from whatsapp group:

Quote:

"Great Sunday morning with weather tad nippy than Saturday's yet did not discourage any of the registered learners from showing up almost all on time with Sri Vidya being the first. Attendance was a repeat of last week and that meant lesser running for me with the good learning bunch.

Suguna graduated to trying circles with a t-junction space we are trying (need to look out for a better place for circles with lesser pedestrian/walkers traffic)

Komal is well on her own doing a lot better with controlled pace and balance, a big difference from her speedy, erratic first day.

Sri Vidya as well is now on her own both up and down slope with upslope still needing focus to stay on a straight line (leg strength). Though she's first to come, she stays a little longer than rest to do a couple of extra rounds of practice... appreciated. A couple of times the chain popped out which we fixed pretty quickly not causing any significant down time. Hoping to see all three and more next week... Until then, stay fit, spin as much you could."

Unquote

Congratulations to Ganesh and all three young ladies for doing so well ! 💐🙏

Cubbon Park :

Another 'event' full day ! This time, it was Saksham cycles with joy ride !

My joy was find a parking on the other side of Cubbon !!

Wheeling foldie with right hand while steering ladybird with left was bit of fun...Just lucky that traffic was blocked on other side so wasn't honked at !

Two students, two volunteers and two cycles..

Vimal was waiting, As we put the banners up, Dr. Sowmya turned up and Vimal got on to business ! His methods are so different and Dr. Sowmya enjoyed one to one attention and myriad of manoeuvres !

Angelina came little later and was so much at ease today and was entirely on her own most of the session. Even turning nicely... Remarkable progress !

Ankit came on his MTB, all excited about the joy ride he had just attended, did some practice and figure of eight turns before going off to study classes..

Clicked photo, packed up the cycles in the car and back home !

Have a great pedal packed week !

Warm regards

Ali Poonawala

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Jan 26, 2019, 10:53:17 AM1/26/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are working tomorrow !

Let us warm up the chill in the air !!

Cubbon Park:

Pinkathon is happening but primary area may be free, if you can reach..

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :. Vimalkumar

? Ajith

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainer : Ganesh

Gaurav

?Ramshivakumar

Hope all have wonderful sessions !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

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Jan 27, 2019, 3:06:36 AM1/27/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres functioned.. (Assumption ! JPN...@Ganesh come ib)

Cubbon Park reporting...!

With all the fear created in mind... about the Pinkathon effect on Cubbon park session, it was a massive relief and delight !!

To be able to get through the partly ajar gates leading into the primary area, without anyone even casting second glance, was no less a feat than the Normandy landing !!

Ran back to get the Foldie from across the Kasturba road and we were in business !!

Phew !!

Rental cycle seekers were distressed, but kind enough to help tie up our posters !

3 Volunteers.. Ajith, VimalKumar and I.

6 newbies.. Advait (dad Krishnan accompanying), Neelanjana, Prema-(Uma's mom), Maithili (Hubby Sharmaji in tow ), Divya and Akanksha.

2 seniors Uma and Suma

Neelanjana and Maithili were more of 'dusting the cobwebs' learners ! Essentially, balancing was not major issue; control and pedalling rhythm came through with nominal effort.

Prema and Advait were true newbies, so were Divya and Akanksha.

Apart from the usual lurching, losing the pedal grip was the main trouble spot for first two.

Humble suggestion... to get pedal rhythm using public park metal cycle trainers !

Uma took a couple of rounds and Suma received VimalKumar's expert attention and her sincerity is paying off..

Time flew by, Sathya, our energetic bicycle mayor of Bangaluru was with nice group of officials ( DGP of KSRP Bhaskar Rao sir) and cycling friendly corporate people ( Syed, Ashwin, Jacob amongst them ) to encourage cycling to work mission !! Sathya was kind to introduce me to them and see if they can help out our mission to reach and teach cycling to more people !!

Finally, Suma was a great sport and helped me to get the Foldie across the road. She had a torrid first hand experience in the bargain, of real Bangaluru traffic !!

"What does not kill you, makes you stronger ! " some one said..

so take heart Suma !

let the pedals keep moving !

Warm regards

Ali Poonawala

Bengaluru

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Jan 27, 2019, 4:12:10 AM1/27/19

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JP Nagar report from Ganesh !

Quote

"

JPN: Hema was the first who I picked from the designated point and we had Gaurav joining right then. Along came Ram with Chaitra riding Mach City and Sreevidya with her supportive hubby, Murali bringing another Mach City (him doubling up as a trainer for the session)...all within matter of minutes also had the Badanis join us before we all marched to the training patch as a group.

It was 3 bikes, 3.5 trainers (0.5,Chaitra 😁 did a fantastic job of giving a 3 step start tip to Hema before she left) and enough work on hand as we got rolling.

Kids, Mithali and Parthiv took lesser time than what we took to discuss their height and bikes a day ago 😉. Vijayalakshmi joined later but did well right from round-1 and did not give up practicing until we finished for the day. Suguna was last to join but she is well on her own, so is Sreevidya. They both were exploring ways to practice turns. Hema, first day and on her own from round 2 👏 (uphill is still a uphill task for her to work on).

Close to finish time, Parthiv was riding well correcting his slight lurch when he had a fall that was only after big sister Mithali had one while riding well on her own... A lot for a day as we closed with a few planning to go for MTR coffee. For Sreevidya, the adventure had just begun. She, escorted by BIL, planned to do her maiden traffic ride on the Mach City (courtesy @⁨Anindita Cycling Student⁩ ) till home (I am sure she would have reached fine) @⁨Sreevidya Cycling⁩, would like to hear your experience preferably here for other's benefit or in person next week.... Until then, all... take care, stay fit, spin as much as you could 🙏🏽

"

Ganesh

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Feb 1, 2019, 3:50:47 AM2/1/19

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Response roster link
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Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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Feb 2, 2019, 12:15:56 PM2/2/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are working tomorrow !

Let us warm up the chill in the air !!

Cubbon Park:

Pinkathon is happening but primary area may be free, if you can reach..

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :. Sachin

? Ajith

? Arjun

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainer : Ganesh

? Dilpreet

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

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Urologist
Bengaluru

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Feb 4, 2019, 7:04:08 AM2/4/19

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Hi friends !

Both Cubbon park and JP Nagar had sessions yesterday...

Here we go !

1.Ganesh from JP Nagar:

"

Another great session at JPN. Delayed start but we compensated by extending the session by a bit. Rithuparna's first day on the bike and she must be proud of herself for being able ride on her own by close of session. More to improvise, lot more to learn but such a moment deserves a self-treat.

Mithali with Parthiv arriving with dad, were smooth. Post the first round, they were totally on their own. Parthiv deserves a special call out, he left last week still not very sure of his balance and a fall. This morning, he rode like a pro with everything right - smooth start, controlled speed, pedaling only when needed, balance spot on and braking halt better than mine. Mithali is good in all departments as well except for uphill where she sways a bit as she stiffens her shoulders, minor worry. They both can graduate to turns.

Jobin joined us late, though he arrived at the park around same time as others, just a little map and location confusion. New to cycling, he is making steady progress. I like the way he repeats the instructions loud to himself before starting and tries to stick to it as he moves. Determined to be back, I am sure he will be at a much better spot next week.

I would be remiss if I end the report without mentioning Dilpreet joining us (with ever supportive hubby Manpreet) as a trainer for the session and committing to make it every Sunday as much possible(Yey!). It's her first experience as a trainer and I am sure she liked it. Signing off...until next week, stay fit, keep spinning.

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Ganesh

2. Sachin from Cubbon Park :

"

Report from cubbon park today...

A slightly delayed start, confusion around the teaching area since apparently kids had a marathon, divided into multiple categories...Rental bikes weren't available till the marathon was completed however we gathered around at the primary area Sowmya and Neelanjana to start off with..Sowmya is a seasoned campaigner she tried on the advance techniques of hand signalling, Neelanjana on the other hand into her second class she managed to get the hang of balancing, does do the upslopes quite comfortably. Need to practice a bit on a gentle stopping approach, was able to try turns too but sadly was cut short by the pedal hitting the backside of the ankle (we have all been there). Suma joined in to work on turning and mashing! She did the mashing bit pretty well, a standing start is her next target which she did try today too.

As the clock hit the 9:00am hour mark the sunlight felt a little more sharper, still a fruitful session.

Until the next Sunday weekend!

Cheers

Sachin Biradar

"

Great team here !!

Keep pedalling

Ali

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
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Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

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Feb 9, 2019, 11:18:37 AM2/9/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Ali Poonawala

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainer : Ganesh

Dilpreet

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Sachin

Arjun

Junaid

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.45 am to 9.45 am

Trainer :

Anindita

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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Hi friends !

We did not have JP Nagar session in spite of having student (on paper), trainer and bike !!

Poor communication on my part..Apologies !

Sachin's session :

Hi All,

Report from Cubbon today:

A little less crowd at Cubbon today, one of those days where the trainers are more than the trainees. Three trainers Arjun, Junaid, and me...Two students Neelanjana and Jobin.

Both of them wanted to learn using the PEDL cycles. Neelanjana found comfort on the foldie ultimately and Jobin needed the one with a pannier as we had to support him for balance initially. Neelanjana is able to balance and take turns as well... Riding position can be improved upon, need to work on keeping her shoulder and hands free of stress

On the other hand, Jobin started off initially still trying to figure out the balancing bit, but as the session progressed he got better and was able to manage both uphill and downslope

Suma joined us towards the end, practicing on her mashing as well as hand signalling

Overall a fruitful session, keep an eye on the temperature changes as it felt pretty hot towards the end of the session. Keep yourself well hydrated during the sessions too.

Until the next weekend, happy cycling

Cheers

Sachin Biradar

My gratitude to Sachin, Arjun and Junaid for doing Vibhin.

My commiserations to Anindita for a long trudge which she braved with smile !

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Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

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Feb 23, 2019, 10:56:47 AM2/23/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Vimalkumar

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.45 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Anindita

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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Feb 24, 2019, 12:38:42 PM2/24/19

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Hi friends !

Both centers had sessions and had busy time !

Anindita looked after JP Nagar and had Shashi, Tody and Deshna, apart from Parthiv and Mitali.

Anindita's take on how it unfolded :

Quote:

"

From what I could see, Parthiv has got the hang of pedalling. Needs to work on handlebar control. Problem is the bike is a bit big for him to handle. Still, no complaints and kept working it like a champ. Todi is a beginner but got the hang of pedalling downslope pretty quickly. She is lurching though and struggling with upslopes. Needs to work on keeping back straight, arms loose and power with legs instead of body. Mitali is an eager little beaver and was confident pedalling both down and upslope. Needs to work on stopping and turning. Shashi is cautious because of her leg problem, has had pain with spinning in the gym and keeps erring on the side of caution. Needs to 'let go' in her mind a bit and trust the bike and the process. Deshna rides two-wheelers already and grasped the basics quickly. She was independent by the end of just one turn. Wants to go riding on her travels. 😍

P.S.: People were really patient sharing one bike between five trainees 🙏

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Cubbon Park :

Warm days are here !

3 trainers, Vimalkumar, Junaid and myself.

5 newbies Shalu, Himanshi, Pavitra, Elizabeth and Prreeya and

6 seniors Dr. Sowmya, Indu, Aayesha, Simran, Jobin and Latha made up the roll call.

Four smiling people waiting, as soon as I landed... and while boys ( Dipanshu and ?) put up the banners, girls ( Shalu and Himanshi) listen to the usual narration about the technique patiently and then...

Rode up like pro-s !! Obviously learnt riding earlier but forgotten and needed brush up..

Elizabeth and Prreeya were on par with true first timers and will need couple more sessions... but handling was good.

Pavitra took a round or two under Junaid's supervision and was with friends and probably had time constraints so vanished.

.Simran has been before and seemed more comfortable than last time I saw her. Jobin, from JPN, was self learning and enjoying.

Dr.Sowmya was recovering from what looks like a bad bout of respiratory infection and sensibly did what she was feeling ok with.

Indu and Aayesha had come after long gaps and were tentative initially but soon got going. Turns and signals will be the next station for them.

Latha was late and remained for hubby to do the training !

Warm regards

Keep pedalling !🚲

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Mar 2, 2019, 2:31:35 AM3/2/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Vimalkumar

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainer :

Sachin

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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Mar 3, 2019, 8:36:25 AM3/3/19

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Hi friends !!

Both centres had sessions.

JP Nagar:

This is from Sachin :

Quote

Report from today at JP Nagar

I was pleasantly surprised when I got to know that the Mini forest road is also where the current CM of Karnataka resides... Did utilize the barricaded roads for our session today.

I had 4 students, Hema, Gayatri, Todi and Deshna.

Gayathri a newbie was so energetic and enthusiastic throughout the session, is in the process of learning to balance. She picked up the basics but wobbles, more power to you ma'am and I believe that she can pick it up soon.

Hema is good both upslope and downslope, turns is something she is keen on practicing but the narrow mini forest road gave her a good enough challenge. We will try again the next weekend on this. Todi and Deshna had their first sessions last week, Todi was able to balance as well as ride both ways, stopping is something that she can work on and she leans a little to the left, the ladybird was high an inch or two for her, she had a minor fall...Todi let us know if everything's fine. Deshna as Anindita had already mentioned didn't need much monitoring as such, she is keen on getting a bike of her own too so that she can practice. Turning and hand signals are next.

I would share a short video as well along with the pics, I would like all the learners to take a look on what we mean by keeping the upper body still while riding the bike. It's something that we trainers talk about but I hope visuals are always better than the concept.

Until the next weekend, happy cycling 😃

Cheers!

Sachin Biradar

"

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Great job Sachin and the band of young students 🙏💐

Cubbon Park :

The yellow bloom was striking and the music performance from bandstand hypnotic..

Two trainers , Vimal Kumar and myself..

Two new students...

Poorvika and Suseela..

Poorvika managed balance partially and Suseela, from Thiruvantapuram, was the student of the day with her willingness to learn inspite of her Sari and Hawaii chappals !! Even a bit of a tumble did not dampen her enthusiasm ! She may need weekday coaching near Whitefield and Mithun's name came to my mind. Let us see...

Jobin, Suma, Lata, Elizabeth, Neelanjana, Prreeya, Indu and Deepak were seniors..

Suma is so good now, attacking with mashing on upslope and braking with confidence.

Deepak is great with turns and signalling is next on cards.

Jobin can race now !

Indu too was more on the road than in teaching area, just came to say hi and bye !

Neelanjana was not well so couldn't give her 💯%.Hope by next weekend she gets better..

Lata, Elizabeth and Prreeya are still lurching and inability to use handlebar are limiting their balancing capailities. Eventually they will reach there ! Sachin's video of keeping body steady is relevant !

Till next weekend

Keep pedalling

Warm regards

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Sachin's video of importance of straight and non lurching back...Deshna is the student !

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Mar 9, 2019, 12:29:16 PM3/9/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

? Vimalkumar

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainer :

Ganesh

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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Hi friends !

Both centres had sessions ..

1. J P Nagar :

Ganesh conducted the session

Quote

"

JPN reporting - Summer, it is and the showering trees bring more beauty and color. Clicked a furry friend close to JP Nagar venue enjoying a flowery bed, posing better than a bollywood heroine for cameras 😊 ..

Trying to switch to a summer time of 7 am start, it was welcomed by the early birds today who showed up there even before 7.

Rabiya, completely new to cycling is learning well, will need a few sessions more to be on her own. Lurching throws off her balance on one side and she needs to get comfortable with the pedals.

Gayathri had come last week, as Sachin mentioned, she's wobbly being anxious in doing multiple things at same time. She is a lot better when she calms down, it shows in downhills. Must be on her own after another session of enough training time.

Bharati came in her motorized 2 wheeler to say she has never cycled and wanted to learn. As in almost all such cases, I had to just take a few steps with them on the cycle and swoosh they go... so much so that, I had to take another bike and follow her to a good distance (other end of mini forest) crossing a couple of intersecting busy main roads. I was seeing the joy of riding a cycle in her even being a regular motorist but I was worried of her safety and ability to uphill back to our training patch from the distance.

Lastly, we had a buddy* (shame on me, forgot your name after my Sunday afternoon nap 😔) fully attired in Go Green gear on a hybrid who was there before 7 am receiving me saying he wanted to 'learn'. Intro: Has done 160 Km ride, even last weekend did a 50K and here he was to learn. The selfish me converted him to a trainer and he was today 'learning' to teach. Thanks for the support buddy*, please say Hi in the group and pardon my amnesia🙏🏼.

Until next Sunday, keep fit, keep pedaling.

"

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(* Ashok Sanke he is !)

Thanks Ganesh .. report and photos are superb !

2. Cubbon Park reporting !

Summer has descended early but bengalurugaLu just keep running !!

So today two groups were using Cubbon for running events and unusual madness in primary area was evident... what with stage, food and medal/certificate queues all crammed there..

Made my way to secondary area, with Elizabeth, friend Aneurin walking down. Soon was followed by Dipak too however both had to go back to get rental cycles..😞

Mithun had already reached and though said he had learnt in childhood, today's foray was tentative Vimal Kumar overtook his training. He will need usual 3-4 sessions..

Elizabeth fell after slow start, due to the inside of shoe catching on the crank wheel and though no external injury, she was shaken up. She did ride inspite of that and shared her bike with Aneurin who had more balance and composure in recall of childhood cycle learning.

Anjana, another newbie, was relatively more stable and handled cycle well but due to shortage of time, left early with Akash, after obligatory photo !

Suma rode in like a champ on Yulu Bike, and executed a perfect stop to warm cockles of my heart ! You have read about her solo road debut already on busy road...well done !

Prreeya finally got the bike and had a fair practice from time point of view but plenty of lurching is slowing her progress to balance.

Dipak managed signalling and was practicing slow control watched by Vimal Kumar . . as I said bye to them and Cubbon for the day !

Warm regards

Keep pedalling !!

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Mar 16, 2019, 9:59:28 AM3/16/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

? Vimalkumar

Arjun

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Dilpreet

Ganesh

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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Mar 17, 2019, 12:27:10 PM3/17/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres had sessions ..

1. J P Nagar :

Ganesh conducted the session

Quote

"

JPN started at 7 a.m. sharp with Rabiya being there from a good 20 mnts earlier. Her improvement can be summarized as slow and steady. She is quite comfortable and fine to try out taller bike of Ashok to learn. Some sticky old habits is dragging her down a bit but no major blockers on her way to get there.

Parthiv rolled with dad for some practice and did well with his circles and well into his 8s 👍🏼. Asked him to bike away the entire summer vacation.

Was nice to have Dilpreet join back (trainer). It is a great help to have Dilpreet and Ashok (offering his bike as well) to take on increasing JPN headcount🙏🏼.

Rituparna, one of our students who had a break came bringing a friend Elisa to learn. First time ever for Elisa on a bike, picking up the basics for now. Rituparna was a bit rusty but good enough to be on her own.

Bharti messaged of her inability to join and Gayathri did great today. By end of the session, she started being on her own even uphill, still needing supervision with her odd pedal slips and delayed breaking, otherwise a good leap in her learning...

As we finished up by around 10, Ashok, Rithuparna and Elisa were planning for daily classes amongst them, good to see the enthusiasm to invest time on such an enjoyable life skill 👏🏼

...Until next Sunday, stay fit, keep pedaling... PS: Hope I got all the names right this time 😊.

Though I accept, please don't applaud in the group, it is against the commandments 😉

"

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Thanks Ganesh

As usual .. report and photo are superb ! Special thanks to Dilpreet and Ashok too 💐

2. Cubbon Park reporting !

So Cubbon Park primary teaching area on Sunday mornings is becoming an event area, with blaring announcements, various stalls and with breakfast served !!

Made my way to secondary area, with Sujoy, a newbie, waiting. Soon was followed by Dipak and Nilanjana too however no rental cycles..😞

Sujoy had a great first round on foldie, managing to almost self balance but suddenly the fault lines appeared and he was disheartened a bit, on our part, we made it more difficult since bike was changed due to shortage of cycles.

Other 'newbie' Suchitra already knew two wheeler riding so was an easy student for Vimal !

Nilanjana was a bit anxious as she had missed last weekend but did great on Yulu Bike, photo attested !

Suma spent more time off her yulu bike..lending it to others! Turning with control is her current focus and she is doing good..!!

Prreeya had a better day, cycling upslope without a stop...With some support still required..But getting hang of it now !

Dipak was great with right hand signalling but now has to learn left hand !!

Sujoy's further training was taken over by Vimal Kumar . . as I said bye to them and Cubbon for the day !

Warm regards

Keep pedalling !!

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Response roster link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1scRjRBTuPETe_KLvaDYqKC6r2RiXmVHTdF44nPWh5YM/pubhtml?gid=1110625669&single=true

Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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Mar 23, 2019, 5:28:14 AM3/23/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

? Vimalkumar

?Arjun

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

?Dilpreet

Ganesh

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

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Mar 24, 2019, 1:03:20 PM3/24/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres had sessions..

JP Nagar

In Ganesh's inimitable words :

Quote

"

Delayed start at JPN by 7:30 a.m. caused by yours truly by when we had Deshna, Parthiv with Dad and Rabiya waiting for a trainer/bike to show up.

Parthiv went on his independent practice ride and later did circles and improved on 8s. He has a slight wobble which his dad pointed out that needs to be focused on.

Deshna is coming back after a few weeks break but haven't lost the basics, quickly was riding fine (dragging up hill) and started with circles before leaving early post a roomy key emergency call.

Gayathri is making steady progress every week. She had some initial issues with uphill today which she overcame with grit later on and did a few solid rounds on her own. A slight lurch is still a bother, needs some attention in coming week.

Rabiya is doing lot better down hill while uphill is a complete challenge, more with balance. Couple of areas to continue focus is strong start and losing balance when left foot comes to the pedal (she still waits for pedal to come to her foot by when she loses balance).

Dilpreet is busy this weekend and couldn't make it. Nice of her hubby Manpreet to still came join and cheer us.

We couldn't get together for a group pic this week. Clicked one with Gayathri going strong by herself...

Until next week, stay fit, keep spinning

"

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Thanks Ganesh.. for the report and Gayathri-in-midst-of-Green photo !

And now..

Cubbon Park reporting !

Disaster on the way ! Had a flat rear tyre near town hall ! Had no money either and Smruthi was getting worked up trying to figure out the cubbon park location..!

Informed on the group and Shriya's response was precise and prompt 'no problems'..

A pilot ready for any surprise , Shriya and her friend Vandana came to the entrance and we got the autofare sorted out..

They both though technically newbies for us, were old hand at the game, time lapse and fear compounded was the only issue, and Vimalkumar took over dusting the cobwebs and confidence building. Vandana impressing with her mashing prowress by the half way mark !

Chandrakala was learning on her own and found my help useful, her son Krishna offering volunteering too !

Smruthi finally found us and again, Vimalkumar got her going.

Rashmi was the fourth newbie, her dad ( name unsure ? Kalang..) was happy to hand over her training and she was quick to learn the important nuances of balancing and in a session or two, will be on her own..

Anjana was the only senior (actually second session only!) and was the star of the day with grit and sweat managed to learn balance and ride some distance on her own. Needs to relax a bit ! Aakash helped her quest nicely.

Took the mandatory photo with help of a passer by who got into the role rather seriously,..Trying different angles !

End of the day, investigating the flat tyre showed a previous patch had opened up, the gash was an 'L' about 2 cm long... Decided against patching and Ubered my way, foldie in the boot !

By the time Satya, our Bengaluru Bicycling Mayor, called, to meet a Brazilian cyclist who is also in training people , was quite a distance..And hope it happens soon !

Win some,😍 Lose some..😣

Keep pedalling

Warm regards

Ali Poonawala

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:
Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike deposit

Primary Area :
Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :
7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :
Vimalkumar

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park
Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :
Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :
? Dilpreet
Ganesh

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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Hi friends !

Both centres are working tomorrow !

Cubbon Park:

Primary Area : Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time: 7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :. Ali

Arjun

Vimalkumar

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer : Ganesh

Sachin

Hope all have wonderful sessions !

Keep pedalling !

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Vimalkumar

Ali Poonawala

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Ganesh

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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On Mon, 15 Apr, 2019, 9:13 AM Ali Poonawala <alfa...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi friends !
Delayed reporting ..

JP Nagar :

Quoting Ganesh

:

JPN: 3/8 registrations showed up today i.e., 62% of people's life is unpredictable just overnight, which is a concerning stat to me of our life styles... One who stood benefited is Nischay, a newbie to cycling, the first to walk in this morning. With 2:3, trainer:learner ratio, he got a lot of ride time.(thanks to Ashok 🙏🏽 for pitching in this time going by the registered count) Right from the start Nischay was absorbing the instructions well but his lurching waist was the only problem area to focus on, and it is largely tamed now. By the end of the session, he was able to ride on his own 👍🏽. One more weekend and he should be good. Todi, returning student after about a month's break took it on at ease. A bit rusty initial few rounds with a concern on how to manage a bit taller bike at stops. Later, she was all comfortable after we took away the support runner behind her. That is what confidence is capable of.
Talking of confidence, Parthiv came with his dad, with the Miss India being quite busy went ahead with Ashok's much large framed bike relative to Parthiv's size. He sure did well with it but unleashed himself when he got a chance with the Miss India doing his 8s, coasting standing on pedals and mashing uphill.
Requesting all to go out and exercise your democratic duty on the 18th and participate in deciding the fate of the nation for next 5 years (It is compulsory for you to show your ink mark to join the class next week😉) ... Untill then, stay fit and keep spinning 🚲

"
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Thanks Ganesh, for the lovely comments.... The opening one especially !

Cubbon Park :

Bangalore on the boil...
Election fever and Sun working in tandem !

4 teachers
2 announced : Vimal kumar and Ali
2 surprises : Anandita and Ajith..

5 Newbies : Abhishree , Saad , Chandra Prabha, Kavita and Vrindha

6 seniors : Dr. Sowmya (? Didn't ride) Neha, Dipak, Anjana, Smruti and Sujoy

Abhishree keeps feet on the pedals like classical dancer, heels in, toes out !! Learning to balance ok.

Saad, a 10 yr old ( prem baby), is not keen, mom is ! As Arjun had said , a challenge for any teacher..Let us see how we evolve !

Kavita turned out to be a natural..Total newbie but on her very first return trip, she was self balancing even on upslope !!
Unquestionably, star of the day..!!

Chandra Prabha and Vrindha were under Vimal's wings and Saad was taking 200% of my resources so missed out on their progress but Vrindha rides two wheeler so not much to teach..

I must confess, I have not the foggiest about other seniors, except Neha, who learnt Mashing ... (To pedal in standing position).

Rashmi obliged us with customary click..and Vishwas , a fellow cyclist too chipped in... Mala from Vijaynagar spent time watching training technique and may be a local trainer in that area !

All time Cubbon friend Krishna figured with Abhishree photo.

Before I say bye...

Don't forget to vote !
Let us pick best MPs for Namma Nadu...

Till next time

Keep pedalling !

Ali Poonawala

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Apr 20, 2019, 9:04:58 AM4/20/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Ajith

Ali Poonawala

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.30 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Anindita

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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On Sun, 21 Apr, 2019, 8:36 PM Ali Poonawala <alfa...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi friends !

After glorious intermittent rains and left over clouds to shield us from the fury of summer sun..

Both centres had teaching sessions :

JP Nagar :

Quoting Anindita :

"

Not much to report, Sir. Two learners: Rashmi and Tody. One new, one practically independent. Rashmi wasn't very comfortable with the bike height. Also, the chain insisted on dropping off now and then, so that added to problems. Fear also played a part. Good thing is she seems quite determined to learn and is even planning to get her own Yulu next time! Tody was self-sufficient apart from lurching on upslopes. Started her on turns and she executed them with fair ease. Needs to work on stopping and going over/ around obstacles. Was very happy to meet Ganesh and Raji after long time. Got him to come for the first part of the session coz I wanted to chat! 😜😛

P.S.: Somebody hosed my bike and helmet when parked. Got a free bike wash in the bargain! 😁

"
Unquote.

Trust this girl to get more out if life !
Thanks everyone for everything JPN !💐

Cubbon beckoned others !

Cubbon Park :

Ajith was already there and Junaid arrived soon to make the trainer team 3 member strong and ready for the registered long list of students.
Some turned up others did not and few joined unannounced..! Overall a busy and satisfying day at office !

5 newbies : Sumedha, Gayathri, Anirudh, Sabita and Aayushi.

Sumedha rolled the day in and she is a natural..Nay.. Supernatural...! Perfect balance half way down during the first downslope itself and then just continued during turning and upslope too...
I think Mahabharata story of Abhimanyu's learning Chakravyuha in utero seems so plausible !
She wanted to go on the road in second turn, we palmed off a pedl cycle to challenge her and she did not even blink !! I actually saw her yawning by third turn !!

Gayathri got inspired and did similar feat..Both of them disappeared soon
Other three, Anirudh Aayushi and Sabita yanked us back to real life in no time and we sweated it out then on. They all are along the standard learner trajectories and should be fine with 2-3 sessions. Aayushi easily had better outing... and nail polish too !

6 Seniors : Param, Sujoy, Rashmi, Kavita, Suchitra, Smruti

Rashmi was good for second session student, little accident not withstanding.
Sujoy like a sage, moved in his own orbit..So did Param. Doing their own stuff.
Kavita was paranoid about the bike height and almost gave up..But that is life...She will overcome !
Suchitra is sporadic student and today tried single hand balancing, getting ready for signalling.
Smruti is slowly getting into better control zone with mom encouraging her to the hilt.

Talking about moms, Aayushi's mom spun cycle again, after 25 years and it revived school time memories !
We encourage more moms to follow the suit !

Happy pedalling and

Warm regards

Ali Poonawala

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Apr 27, 2019, 6:17:40 AM4/27/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Ajith

Anindita

Sachin

Vimalkumar (non playing captain)

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Ganesh

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Junaid

? Vimal Kumar

Ali

? Ajith

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Ganesh

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

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Both centres had sessions

JP Nagar

Ganesh reported with value addition !!💐

Quote

"

JPN: Started with a fairly long wait at the park for someone to turn up. Just when I was about to call it off by 7:40 am, we had Jinit zooming in on his scooter 🛵, yes motorized 2 wheeler and said, I want to learn cycling 🚲. I quickly recovered from 'What ? 🤔' as we see many two wheeler riders coming to us these days. In his own words, it is the fear. He dreaded cycling, that he will fall when he gets his feet up for pedaling. My experience told me that he will just need one round of me jogging behind and he will be on his own, and so it did. It was the up slope and small bike frame that was becoming a problem later on. Meanwhile, we had Sridatta and Debapriya with their partners joining in with just about 45 mnts to close. We tried and found a Yulu parked just meters away from our learning strip, inducted it in for Jinit to continue practicing with seat height adjusted to work better for him and got started with the new joiners on Miss India. Sridatta is getting a hang of balancing with a couple of rounds we did today but lot of ground to cover (lurching, stiffening of shoulder and uniquely when she feels she'll fall, lifts her hands off the bar and expects someone to save the situation, need to stop that and take control and balance more. Philosophically, not much different from life). Debapriya is a lot more scared to get her feet off the ground and her calf muscle cramp didn't allow her to even spend much time on the saddle today. At close, it felt good to see a visibly ecstatic Jinit for achieving what he originally thought was impossible for him. Everyday has a tomorrow, our commitment to our goals will get us there ... Until then, stay fit and keep spinning 👍🏽

"

Unquote

Thanks Ganesh once more 👍🏽

Cubbon Park

Coming to my reporting !!

Looking at the registered student list of 13 for cubbon and 6 for JP Nagar, requested for more volunteers and Vimalkumar responded immediately..Thanks !!

Junaid came in too.

Primary area was swamped by training event for runners. Considering number of newbies and non availability of rental cycles in secondary area, we decided to carry on there itself.

6 newbies...Rekha, Mihika, Abhirupa, Ninad, RajashriGhosh, Ayaan.

Rekha was clear winner...Was independent rider, with Junaid's help, by the time we finished. Mihika, Abhirupa are progressing well on par for first timers. ayaan being young (9), was able to ride but with me running along beside him. Ninad and Raj(shriGhosh) were under Vimal's wings and would appreciate his or their input.

Neelanjana, Anirudh, Sujoy, Dipak, Praveen, Ranai and Aayushi (late latif) were 7 seniors and in the confusion, could hardly keep tab on the going on with . Except Noticing that Anirudh is still having difficulties with balance but to give credit, he is not having right size bike due to many newbies He did ride independently last session.

Ranai was impressive... with only second session, he was holding on, independently, even in by then thinned crowd. Ranai's Mom's turn did not come today..

Aayushi was still going strong at 9 45 when I quit, having mom Shivani and dad watching Vimal kumar put her through the grind !

It was a bit chaotic session... and apologies if I have missed out on any one ... but very satisfying day as we survived it !!😊

Thanks all, especially Vijay's team, Social virus cycling, who helped with the cycles inspite of the event still going on ! Thanks Aneesh ! 🙏

Till next weekend

Keep pedalling !!

Warm regards

Ali Poonawala

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
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Response roster link
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Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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May 11, 2019, 11:29:20 AM5/11/19

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Hi friends !

Both centres are having a session !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Vimal Kumar

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Ganesh

Kavin

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

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Bengaluru

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May 25, 2019, 12:44:57 PM5/25/19

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Hi friends !

Only Cubbon Park session !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainers :

Anindita

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

On Sun, 12 May, 2019, 8:38 PM Ali Poonawala <alfa...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi friends !

Both centres had sessions..

As usual, colourful first !

JP Nagar :

Quoting Ganesh !!

"
JPN: We had a little and easy session today. Least, non-zero trainer to trainee ratio, cannot beat this for a while. We were 2 : 0.5 😊(thanks to Kavin for volunteering 🙏🏼, hope to see you regularly at JPN). Little Sanvi came with her dad and a little bike. Size much little than a frame that will suit her little size even 🙂. According to her dad, she was scared of falling and did not learn balancing yet. Though she is into skating, swimming, badminton and what not, cycling has been elusive. We started rolling and in round-2 she was all by herself down hill. Uphill continues to be a challenge. A better frame size and seat height would've helped with it. (Advice to dad, first remove the back rest and raise the seat height, look for a better fitting bike soon. She is ready) Sanvi put a great show of learning, picking up things 👍🏽 as soon as we explained/showed how to start and stop gracefully, etc,. Her mom Suphala too had registered for today but didn't make it. She is expected to join future sessions as daughter moves to next level. Hoping to have a little more headcount next week... Until then, stay fit and keep spinning 🚲

"
Unquote.

He is hoping for more next weekend but has served notice for leave..🤔

Typical Ganesh !!🤣🤣😂😂

2. Cubbon Park reporting :

Some shuttle players, dog walkers and runners..
Bandstand alive with Carnatic music and performance ..
Rental van with the queue..

That was IT !!

For a change, primary teaching area was like old times !!

Two teachers : Vimalkumar and Ali.
Six newbies: Pragnya, Rukmini, Shaheen, Sarayu, Anusuya and Harika.
Dipak, Ayaan, Ranai, Prreeya formed the senior batch.

Appropos to Mother's Day, we had three mothers shaping our session..

Deepak was already there and helped me with banners. Aaryan dropped in with Dad Suresh ti say hi ! Doing local errands but not main roads says dad..Understandable.

I got my first newbie straightaway..!
Little Pragnya was being taught on pedl bike and it wasn't going well..
She learnt quickly.. though not steady enough to be on her own.

Rukmini was a repeat story of Pragnya..we poached her from friends trying to teach !! She is getting into the rhythm but has to learn to keep the spine steady ! Classic "lurcher" !

Third newbie was Shaheen, Aiyan's mom. Vimal kumar did the magic and she was rolling in no time !

Fourth, Sarayu (Ranai's mom) was the "land seeker"... Left foot kept on reaching for mother earth ! Positive is she has learnt to use handle bar and brakes.

Fifth was Anusuya, Mrs. Krishna..She was the star !
again, Vimal made her a success with foldie.

Harika was the sixth newbie, again recruited locally ! More of a tasting session for her really...Hopefully will come back with more time in future !

Dipak was with Vimalkumar for control training, Prreeya came after a hiatus but rides on her own, although fine control needs to improve Aayan learnt standing start and stop.. in no time..He is ready to fly !

And one who really flew off was Ranai ! Vanished with cousin Dhruv, leaving Sarayu and Praveen to form a search party !!

Our legendary cyclist cum ultra runner cum poet, Ashok T. dropped in to say hello..Returning from a short spin ..50K ! He is such a gentle monster !!

Overall, a classical session at Cubbon, Praveen obliged for group click..He was on roller blades on down slope !
There is so much to learn !!👌

Next week end.. expect a din !
Like cyclone fani..
TCS world 10K run descends upon us !

Keep pedalling !
Ali Poonawala

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May 31, 2019, 10:46:10 AM5/31/19

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form

Response roster link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1scRjRBTuPETe_KLvaDYqKC6r2RiXmVHTdF44nPWh5YM/pubhtml?gid=1110625669&single=true

Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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Bengaluru

On Sun, 26 May, 2019, 9:57 PM Ali Poonawala <alfa...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi friends !
Reporting Cubbon session today !

Planned for early start and early finish..
First happened, second not !!

Three trainers.. Aniindita, Ajith (nice surprise !💐) and myself.

Six newbies :

Revathi (Ramaswamy)
Manisha (Nayan)
Bhavya (Veena)
Saniya (Lateef)
Kriti
Aarathi

Seven seniors :

Sujoy
Aneerudh (bhanuprasad)
Shaheen (Lateef)
Ayaan
Angela
Veena
Anusuya (Krishna)

Revathi arrived first and departed soon.. a refresher course after 40 years gap ! Passed with flying colours !!
Saniya in Ani's capable hands was riding on her own in about 20 minutes..
Bhavya was star of the day ...!!💐
true newbie but managed to correct minimal lurch and before the session ended she was completely on her own ..Well done !

Little Kriti was more like playing with Ani..
Her summing up :
(I had asked for name)

Kriti, I think. She can pedal very well and tries to squirrel away very fast! Unfortunately, she keeps forgetting to use brakes. 😛 Told parents to keep reminding her while she is riding.

Manisha was snatched from Nayan's hands to teach ! She was a good sport and hopefully will come back next weekend.

Aarathi was recommended to learn well past closure time and was not sure about next weekend so she dipped her toes to test the cycling Waters !!

Sujoy was his usual self care DIY person, needing few corrections here and there with Ajith supervising..

Aneerudh was really being pushed by dad Bhanuprasad..At one stage it looked to me, for his own running practice !!😧..But the lad rose to the occasion. Except once, a ditch making him crash, it took Ajith's lunge to save him, hurting Ajith's finger in the bargain...

Shaheen is accomplished but did not ride much for my mind to register flaws !

Ayaan was a free bird, flying as wished ...

So did Veena. She was there more to egg Bhavya than for herself ! Angela, turned up after a long gap but I couldn't supervise her progress..Please report yourself !

Anusuya is work in progress...Great endurance, considering sprung back inspite of taking couple of falls. Balance is getting better but stopping needs to improve. Great inspiration, in Bhavya's words !

All in all, good work all around..

Till next weekend

Keep pedalling

Ali Poonawala

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

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Jun 1, 2019, 11:13:19 AM6/1/19

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Hi friends !

Both, Cubbon Park and JP Nagar are having teaching sessions !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike (if available ) deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainers :

Anindita

Ali

Ajith

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Ganesh

? Kavin

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

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Urologist
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Jun 7, 2019, 1:16:41 PM6/7/19

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Response roster link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1scRjRBTuPETe_KLvaDYqKC6r2RiXmVHTdF44nPWh5YM/pubhtml?gid=1110625669&single=true

Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

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Bengaluru

On Sun, 2 Jun, 2019, 10:13 PM Ali Poonawala <alfa...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi friends !
Reporting Cubbon session today !

Great start of the day with ride for safety organised for claiming our share of the road space which increasingly seems being poached by motorized vehicles. Thanks Satya, bicycle mayor and all others contributing to this wonderfully organised awareness event 🙏

Weather was just right with leftover clouds, from overnight patchy rain, shielding us from Sun's summer fury

Two trainers..
Ajith and myself.

Two newbies :
Arya
Harshita

Two seniors :
Revathi (Ramaswamy)
Anusuya

Revathi arrived first but only at 7.45 am and Ajith and myself kept ourselves entertained watching shuttle players, apart from tweedling thumbs !!

Arya came with possé of mon dad grandma and grandpa !! Super scared to start with, soon got into a reasonable groove..will be on her own by next weekend..

Harshita landed at 8.55 am.. coming from far off Lalbagh...🤪
Just got a whiff of cycling and promised to come early next weekend..

Revathi was on her own, discovering lost skill set...

Anusuya in the process of delearning for relearning...
She felt much at home from today's workout..

Prashant, Arya's dad obliged with the parting click.

So ended this session !

Till next weekend
Keep pedalling 🚲🚲

Ali Poonawala

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Urologist
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Jun 8, 2019, 8:55:28 AM6/8/19

to Sharath Chandar, GGI-Club (Go Green Initiator's Club)

Hi friends !

Both, Cubbon Park and JP Nagar are having teaching sessions !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike (if available ) deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainers :

?Anindita

Ali

Ajith

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Ganesh

Kavin

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

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Jun 14, 2019, 3:04:37 AM6/14/19

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Response roster link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1scRjRBTuPETe_KLvaDYqKC6r2RiXmVHTdF44nPWh5YM/pubhtml?gid=1110625669&single=true

Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

PS : For buying accessories, cycling related chit chat...Join Handle bar Army !
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Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

On Sun, 9 Jun, 2019, 10:38 PM Ali Poonawala <alfa...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi friends !

Both sessions happened...Starting with Ganesh's narrative

Quote

"

JPN: Perfect morning with a perfect start. At 6:58 am when I reached the designated spot, we already had both the signed up learners waiting to go. Jalaja mentioned that she used to ride as a kid a long time ago but was not confident enough to even try now. I knew that to be an easy case to solve and started with Ananya who has never learnt cycling so far. Even before we got rolling with first round, Kavin joined us to mark the roster for 100% attendance 👍.

Ananya is learning steadily. She must go lighter on her grip and harder with pedal strokes. Will get there. With regular uninterrupted training she must be soon on her own.

At some point, Miss India was unhappy about a harsh reverse pedal and dropped her chain on the wrong side of the cage for us to fix. Needed a quick dash to my home in Kavin's bike to get the tool to fix, which we were able to in no time before continuing the session.

Jalaja, as expected was full of nerves to start but instincts took over and with Kavin's support was on her own by the second round. She is still a lot conscious about pedestrian traffic which must go away else she cannot hit the road in Bengaluru.

Ended the session showing Jalaja circles and eights that she needs to start with in the next session ... Until then, stay fit and keep spinning 🚲
"
Unquote.

Thanks Team JPN for a great session !!💐

Reporting Cubbon session today !

Again, weather was cloudy to start with. Aren't Bengalureans blessed by weather gods !! Bandstand was quiet today so missed the music !

Three trainers..
Junaid, Anindita and myself

Three newbies :

Ranganayika
Ria Dey
Hiran

Two seniors :

Sujoy
Aniruddh
Aiyan
Shaheen
Anusuya
Nilanjana
Aayushi

While I started with Arya, in her second session, Ranganayiki, the first newbie was with Junaid and he was delighted with this superlative student ! She cracked it in the first round itself and hence earns the "star of the day" label hands down !

Hiran was local newbie recruit..was balancing fine by the time I got involved and just showed her the standard "left leaning" approach..and safe stopping.

Ria was lost outside and reached pretty late at 8.55 am, could get only the whiff of what gets cooked !!

Arya again came with mom dad and grandparents !! She did not become independent as I was hoping her to be, as there is fair bit of lurching going on ! But braveheart she is..is determined to get going !

Sujoy is now learning to give hand signal and the differential control of handlebar is the beginning..knowing Sujoy...will be there soon enough !

Anusuya happily had a random motion session today ...now the polishing will start from next weekend ! Circles within and without !!

Neelanjana came after a long gap and made a heavy weather of it ... almost crashing into people.. but survived, to enjoy some delicious gossip gulped with sips of Badam milk !
Aiyan was crash king for the day...and is least concerned about it ! Mom Shaheen is good but rode very little to judge her finer control...must assess figure of 8 next time around.
Anirudh's dad Guruprasad, was replaced by Ani's uncle to watch him. I am without a clue as to why this lad keeps doing things which I never taught, and worse, hate ! Like crazy unregulated stops, jumping off the saddle and landing on right side of the bike !!

Aayushi was last senior to saunter in with mom.. her stopping needs to get better..

All in all reasonable outing this was..Junaid and Anindita doing a fine job !!🙏😍

Separate clicks ended this session !

Till next weekend
Keep pedalling 🚲🚲

Ali Poonawala

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Jun 22, 2019, 7:31:57 PM6/22/19

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Hi friends !

Both, Cubbon Park and JP Nagar are having teaching sessions !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike (if available ) deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainers :

Vimalkumar

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Ganesh

?Kavin

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

On Sun, 16 Jun, 2019, 10:06 PM Ali Poonawala <alfa...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi friends !!

Cubbon reporting...JP nagar students disappointed by not turning up... again !!😢

Four volunteers Arjun, Vimal kumar anindita (tail ender !) and myself..

7 Newbies 4 typical 3 atypical !
Typical:
Komal.. Vandana's sister learnt-as-kid-for-brush-up story. Gayathri-
Arjun's success story.
Niharika-
Aninidita's face saving story !
Gargi-
My work in progress..None to show story.

Atypical :
3 lads (6-8 years each..Names forgotren...) from local cubbonpet families...Had couple of rounds each and drained me out completely... by doing what they wanted to do rather than what I was trying to teach !!
But that is how life sweeps you off sometimes..😊.

7 seniors
Arya (mom + dad only - grandmapa)
Aniruddh ( + Dad and uncle both !)
Sujoy
Anusuya
Vandana
Ranganayaki (hub sridhar + patakha💥 named Dhriti ! )
Riya

Start of the day was again with Arya, early bird, unfortunately.. had early fall too..Went off on her own... while I was err.. being mobbed by bevvy of "spokes women" !! What a refreshing and go getter bunch.. led by Vidya..
Thanks Anindita for bringing the 22000 V team.. and thanks for more selfish reason too..Enticing couple of possible volunteers.. Manjula for JP Nagar and Krupa to start Sanjay nagar !!🙏😍

Seniors were with Vimal kumar for his critical assessment and mentoring...While Arjun ran with Gayatri and Arya apart from photoshoots for Vandana And Komal 🙄😂

Brainstormed with team about more structured outings for students, including simple real life test scenarios, before 15K rides...

Watch the space...!!

Till then..

Keep pedalling
Ali Poonawala

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Urologist
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Jun 28, 2019, 10:41:32 PM6/28/19

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Hi friends !

Both, Cubbon Park and JP Nagar are having teaching sessions !

Cubbon Park:

Please bring govt. Approved photo ID, original only, for rental bike (if available ) deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.30 am to 9.30 am

Trainers :

Junaid

Sachin

Vimalkumar

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

JP nagar:

2. Mini forest JP Nagar 2nd Phase.

Location Pin :

Time : 7.00 am to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Kavin

Ganesh

Hope all have wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

On Mon, 24 Jun, 2019, 11:27 AM Ali Poonawala, <alfa...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi friends !

Sorry for a delayed report !

Both sessions happened...Starting with Ganesh's narrative

Quote

"

JPN: As Jalaja, the only registrant retracted, Sufala, Sanvi's (learner kid about a month ago) mother came with family by around 8:15 to learn. Couldn't do more than a few rounds. She was quite sick and exhausted (all symptoms of sudden drop in sugar levels) though she is quite healthy without any medical problems... In her words, Just not her day. So we closed earlier just 30 mnts after start. But from the few rounds she did even with all discomfort, she did really well. I will bet that by end of the next session she comes, she will be on her own, comfortably... Hope she does make it for the next time... Until then, stay fit and keep spinning.

"
Unquote.

Thanks Ganesh !!💐

Reporting Cubbon session !

Perfect cloud cover

Two trainers..
Vimal kumar and myself

Two newbies :

Laxmi
Ritu

5 seniors :

Arya
Anusuya
(+3 Atypical kids !)

Laxmi was local newbie recruit..was getting frustrated and in tears with big pedl bike, being just about 8 yr of age and about to give up when foldie came to rescue and lo and behold..She just took off !

Ritu had difficulty reaching The teaching spot and even more difficulty keeping still on the saddle !! However, spunk is obvious and she is going to tear down indiranagar roads soon enough !

Arya is on her own, a bit out of control but much better than past week..we are getting there !

3 kids squeezed in round each while Ritu had a break !

Anusuya was totally Vimal's 'baby' she is enjoying her weekend outings now, more than before, I am sure !

Quiet outing this was !!🙏😍

Managed to get Prashant, Arya's dad, on right side of camera for a change !

Till next weekend

Keep pedalling !
🚲🚲

Ali Poonawala

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

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Aug 3, 2019, 2:45:26 AM8/3/19

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Hi friends.... Week end is here !

Please register early !! Attendee roster form
https://goo.gl/forms/DRx9fJv404F5eeSC2

Response roster link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1scRjRBTuPETe_KLvaDYqKC6r2RiXmVHTdF44nPWh5YM/pubhtml?gid=1110625669&single=true

Both, the teachers and volunteers are requested to register ASAP, so we all know the score !!

Ali Poonawala

PS : For buying accessories, cycling related chit chat...Join Handle bar Army !
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On Mon, 29 Jul, 2019, 8:49 AM Ali Poonawala, <alfa...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi friends !
Apologies for lack of reporting, though sessions were very much going on last 4 weeks !!

Reporting the Cubbon outing yesterday !

A cloudy windy day awaited Cubboners and what luck ..!

Army band lifted the gloom with such wonderful rendition of patriotism to set us for the Independence day not too far off !!

Taking stock :
Trainers : Vimal Kumar and Ali
Newbies : Rashita Anita
Seniors : Arya, Sujoy, Sneha, Preeya, Harshitha, Aneeruddh, Anusuya, Abhishek.
Rashita and Anita both are good learners and will pick up balancing in a session or two.

I am struggling to cope with seniors who keep doing wrong manoeuvres in spite of repeated corrections !! 😵

Just get worried this should not lead to unsafe riding when they become road users..Like many car drivers who have not grasped basic driving rules and are threat to other's lives too.😧

Cubbon Circular :

This inaugural level 1 ride ( trainer guided road ride around Cubbon. No right turn, no crossing traffic) happened !!💖
Four students dared it !!
Anusuya, sujoy, Abhishek and Aneerudh, in descending order for age !
Vimal kumar kept the rear while I was with front riders.
Aneerudh and Abhishek completed full 4.5 K with ease and will go to level 2 ride , route of which we are working on.
Congratulations to all four brave hearts !! As always, trying and failing is far better than not trying at all !!🙏

Keep pedalling !🚴
Yateesh kumar

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Aug 4, 2019, 10:33:23 AM8/4/19

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Hi friends !

Reporting the Cubbon outing...

Another blustery and cloudy day...great for cycling !!

Trainers : Ali, Junaid, Ganesh and Vimal Kumar (chronological order!🤗)

Students :

I am not sure as to if we had any newbie at all..So I am clubbing all ...

Abhishree with mom Bhargavi were first arrivals..both had full sessions.. Abhi with Kumain and Bhargavi with Ganesh. Both are getting along well, on par, as they say !

Aryaman and his sister with Dad Vivek and mom were there too. Arya was having difficulty with reaching the brakes on the foldie, but was game and was getting a hang of balancing.. Sister was learning by her own set of rules under Vivek's cover ! Mom rode a bike, with consummate ease, after 24 years !

Dr. Sowmya came after a break and found upslope an uphill task to paraphrase, but cracked it and disappeared..

Abhishek got hang of freeing right hand in preparation to signalling. Anusuya came late and did her mandatory rounds...Needs to do circles and fig of 8 next..

We had some friends drop in to say hello, new ones in form of Naren and Tara..The paragliding teacher duo and gave some ideas to Vimal and Ganesh ...Ideas which may be injurious to marital health as per Naren !!

Ever smiling Ashok T whooshed in..having had a short spin (of and hour and half 🙄!! ) on his Purefix..; just a stroll in Cubbon, for a guy who ultra-ed 24 hour stadium run at Kanteerava last week !!

Some discussion about healing with herbs followed and let us see if it is put into use.. Thanks Ashok for dropping in ! Thanks Ganesh for the capture !

Since three seniors were meeting after a while, had some brainstorming about way forward with the 'school' and then parted our ways..

Till next weekend...

Keep pedalling !🚴

Ali Poonawala

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Ali Poonawala

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Aug 11, 2019, 10:32:45 AM8/11/19

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Hi friends !

Reporting the Cubbon outing...

Another fabulous Sunday Cubbon morning ! Love the classical music coming from Bandstand which lifts the freshness and bliss to divine level !!

Trainers :Junaid, Ganesh, Vimal Kumar and Ali and....

special appearance ..Anindita ! 💐 (chronological order!🤗)

Students :

4 newbies .. Yashi, Kavita, ? Arpita, and Sumatha

10 seniors..

Ganesh's note :

"Sumatha BR, came v.late just after 9. Took a while to get her left leg on the pedal. She's just started moving by the end. I asked her to come earlier next week. Earlier, I was helping the mother daughter duo* of the organic products shop... Don't remember names, sorry "

*(Bhargavi and Abhishree )

Junaid's note :

"Had two students both first timers kavita and anruditi ( hope I've got the spelling right) and both learned exceptionally well for first timers ! They are able to manage on there own for now. They would need to practice other skills."

Yashi was ultra scared and disappeared ultra fast with promise to return 🙄

Dr. Sowmya, Anusuya, Preeya, Swaroop Harshita, Anisha were seniors who were helped in honing the riding skills by trainers... Harshita impressed the most, was able to mash like a pro !

Abhishek is now confident to ride with left hand only and is going to reverse to right only to be able to signal with any hand as required.

Rameez I met for the first time and he is already fine with regular riding and tried mashing (standing and pedalling) with good success.

. Anusuya and Krishna came late , with daughter and grandchildren who had just artived from USA.. both kids had a go on foldie, Kavya being elder had more success..and obvious flair !

We had some friends drop in to say hello this week too, Ashok T came for a walk today, (short..10K !), with his niece. , Doc Ashlesha with daughter Adhya were next and it was such a delight to see them !!

Mathew with Eben, from team decathlon and Sunil of barefoot running fame were the post session drop in guys to make it a totally great day !

The group pics include one with Anisha's lovely family ( boys had to finish guava slice, before leaving the ground😃 !)

Till next weekend...

Keep pedalling !🚴

Ali Poonawala

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Ali Poonawala

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Aug 25, 2019, 1:14:00 PM8/25/19

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Hi friends !

Cubbon park session report :

I think Janmashtami holiday clubbed into this long week end had effect.. as crowd both for our teaching session as well as general cubboners were fewer..

There was a crowd gathered next to jaivic store watching helplessly a Maina dangling, trapped in a kite thread in bamboo twig. A bird rescuer, Kiran I think, was waiting for fire engine, which arrived in short while.

We (Junaid, Ganesh and Ali) expected a ladder to be hoisted with a brave kind man cutting the thread to release the poor bird.

But ladder needed a wall, none here !

So we got jugaad : two lengths of bamboo, with various implements in succession, all to no avail ..finally the a knife from Jaivic stall tied to cut the thread or twig ..

It worked. The bird, tired, had no strength to fly off and fell like a rock about 40 feet, into pile of dead bamboo with a thud and all hearts missed beats but optimists we are, we clapped.

Bird was alive when picked up so photos followed and crowd dispersed with happy hearts but the poor bird couldn't hold neck up..and soon stopped breathing. Kiran tried blowing life into the beak but the quiet burial ended the botched up 'rescue operation'

Apparantly, Fire engine with self supported ladder was an hour and half away so not summoned. but I wish the fall could have been anticipated and cushioned.. especially with an expert bird saver in action..

Back to business..

No students till 8.15 am.. Maina was being discussed by us, while Dr. Sowmya who took foldie and two of us..Junaid's invite .. to go for breakfast to Konark !

Vimalkumar arrived and held fort...

Shrimati (yes ! a proper name !! ) was newbie he taught and Dr Sowmya and Anusuya were two seniors. Mala was there.. as trainer no.5 !

Coming back, said bye to Junaid who will be away for a long spell and missed sorely.

Cubbon Circular ride had both seniors and 5 trainers !! Star of the day was Anusuya who completed ride in style !

With Mala's enthusiasm to start Indiranagar as teaching centre and Vimalkumar promising to help... two weekends on.. that should be reality !!

Wishing great festivities

Keep pedalling !

Ali Poonawala

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Ali Poonawala

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Aug 31, 2019, 10:07:51 AM8/31/19

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Hi friends !

Cubbon Park session tomorrow !!

Please bring govt. Approved original photo ID (no photocopy) , for rental bike (if available ) deposit

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.00 am to 09.30 am

Trainers :

Anindita

Ganesh

Ali

? Vimalkumar

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

Hope we all have a wonderful session !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

Ali Poonawala

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Sep 1, 2019, 7:59:05 AM9/1/19

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Hi friends !

Monsoon season is getting over and sunday events season has kicked in !!

So the primary area was occupied but the event -heartathon- ( 🙄)was not too big and we had a session, though a bit cramped and confused territorially !!

Plenty of trainers..

Ganesh, Anindita, Vimalkumar and Ali

Two newbies...

Hardika and Shweta.. both youngsters and on par with comfort level and confidence. Will crack balance and self riding by next weekend, I think.

Seniors included Sujoy, Kavita and Dr. Sowmya.

It was more of celebration than teaching, in keeping with the fun run as well as Gauri Ganesha

Some friends dropped in to say hi ..

Ganapathi came with two daughters, older one self riding and younger one pillion to dad ! He never lubes his chain or any part of the bike !!

Star of the day was Suma, who has cycled already near home and today had a ride with Vimalkumar .. overcoming minor physical but also psychological trauma she must have had during our last 15k ride ..

well done !💐

Keep inspiring folks !!

Greetings for Ganesha Habba

Keep pedalling !

Ali Poonawala

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

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Ali Poonawala

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Sep 8, 2019, 1:24:21 PM9/8/19

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Hi friends !

Cubbon Park reporting !

Heart sank as saw sea of green tee clad runners in all sizes and shapes along Kasturba road as I got past Hudson Church !!

Another invasion into our teaching area...My mind is furiously churning.. absent mindedly waved back at Prabhakar Rao, part of the crossing Green Brigade, at UB city circle, ..! and we have 15 registrations.. blimey !!

But mercifully..The green stream was going past Venkappa Gallery entrance... What a relief !!

God exists !

Four volunteers :

Junaid ( commuting to🛫 and fro🛬 Dubai,, Sridhar (newbie trainer..Hubby to Ranganayaki our alumni.. Welcome !!), Anindita 💐and myself

Three newbies

Puja marched in first

Nusarat with lovely daughter, Nyrah were next.

Anindita was kept busy by Puja, the usual lurching was the reason for busy business !

Nusarat with magic touch of Junaid, cracked balance in first session.. but little else, so was like out of control speeding train of one of those movies !

Nyrah was Sridhar's star student and both got along famously..!

Seniors included Anirudh, Sujoy, Kavita, Preeya and Anusuya. Kavita did her Cubbon Circular ride with Junaid. Congratulations !

Sujoy is enjoying challenge of "maching" -pedalling in standing position- off saddle !👍

Preeya has signalling as task to master.

Anirudh is into circles..

Anusuya sets rhythm by her own tunes..We are using her as a bait.. to induct elderly women sitting around into joining the school ! 😁

Don't ask me what happened to rest of the registrants.. hope the desire does not disappear with time !

Had a great time with the session..

Till next weekend..

Keep Pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

PS : I have been asked to tick off someone. I will let it pass !😊

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

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Ali Poonawala

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Sep 14, 2019, 10:46:15 AM9/14/19

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Hi friends !

We have two sessions tomorrow !

Please bring govt. Approved original photo ID (no photocopy) , for rental bike (if available ) deposit.

1.Cubbon Park

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.00 am to 09.00 am

Trainers :

Sridhar

Junaid

Anindita

Ganesh

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.

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2. JP Nagar

CycleDay session

Location:

10TEN supermarket

24th main opp. Brigade Palmsprings

Time 7.00 to 9.00 am

Trainer :

Ali

Hope we all have wonderful time at both sessions !

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

PS :

JPN rent free cycle distribution will start at 6.30 am.

Keep original govt approved address photo ID..

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Ali Poonawala

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Sep 29, 2019, 10:02:29 AM9/29/19

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Hi friends !

Missing one session.. is two weeks gap !.. enormous !!

Such a beautiful classical 'home coming'..!!

A bunch of jawans doing morning stretches at one end, runner group at the other end and shuttlers in between... with Bandstand carnatic music and classical dance performance to take you to ethereal heights...!!

My little heaven! 😍

But hang on !!

Blotch appears on this perfect canvas !

Free rental cycles have disappeared !!...🙄

hope DULT sorts out 'administrative issues' soon😒

So students have to get Yulu..

Not much work though ( as expected.. when you reach heaven!🤪)

Junaid and myself as trainers..

Three newbies

Jash and Laksh were brothers (with dad Gautam) Laksh found starts difficult but managed to balance, especially upslope.. inspite of lurch !! Jash isn't too far behind. He managed a fall, fortunately nothing happened to him but the bike wasn't so lucky, the back brake lever housing broke and with main brake out of action, the rest of the session was a never ending apology !!

Little Shrishti came with brother Shri* and dad Shri* ( all three names starting with Shri.. so I have a jumble here.. ) and was a good balancer...hoping to see early next weekend.

Four seniors

Arya, Sujoy were self supported and except telling Arya about learning to give hand signals..not much contribution from my side !

Vishal and sister Prity were there for a session earlier but had a gap. Vishal was happy to try foldie but Prity wasn't..she went and got a yulu but found sun was harsh so decided to go to shadier area and practise.

Ganapathi said hi while riding with the cute beaut daughter in special seat and elder one on her own besides him.

Krishna clicked a nice "Kodak moment" ! Thanks 🙏

Almost didn't click any photos but Junaid remembered and drove up so there are moments captured !

Icing on the cake🍰 came when Krishna offered to ride back foldie home (I had to drop my sister to airport) leaving his scooter to be picked up later !!

He wanted to surprise Anusuya by riding the cycle home.. and thus a win-win !

Till next weekend

Keep pedalling !!

Ali Poonawala

Ali Poonawala
Urologist
Bengaluru

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Ali Poonawala

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Nov 9, 2019, 10:12:14 AM11/9/19

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Hi friends !

Cubbon Park

We still have no free rental cycles.. 😞

Please download yulu and bounce apps for rental cycles or get your own if you have one... foldie will be available as usual for new learners, in rotation.

Primary Area :

Tennis club car Parking area, opposite Bandstand.

Time :

7.00 am to 09.00 am

Trainers :

Junaid

Anindita

Ali

Metro : Purple line, station Cubbon Park

Uber / Ola : Venkatappa Art Gallery

If primary area is occupied, please go to secondary area :

Near Gate No. 3 High Court.