Teaching adults how to cycle BBS Cubbon Park session 16 November 2025

[Ali Poonawala]

Bangalore Bicycling School, Cubbon Park Session, Sunday 16 Nov 2025

A mildly sunny day, with a cool breeze. The Bandstand had a Vocal performance.

Trainers : Parag, Ali, Shriya,Vinay,Ganesh

Hello: Parags friends, includig Vivek who cycled 50 Km round trip to meet us ! Sunitha mam who explained the program of feeding about 100 dogs in the park.

Newbies :

Daivik : Youngest student of the day, at 5 years, came with dad Deepak and mom with his bike but was ambivalent about it, did try scooting. Hope manages more commitment next time !

Sushmita : A walk in newbie, after the safety briefing, started scooting and managed fleeting moments of keeping both feet up. Needs to use brakes more often.

Raveena - The Blockchain developer starteted off with scooting and then moved to pedaling, helped by Bhoomika.

Sairah Junior - Sairah's friend, came bit late and did the safety tips and basics. Very eager to learn! Will start new things from next week

Sharon : One of the earliest students this session and is also a surgeon! She knows how to drive a four wheeler. She learned the safety tips, basics, scooting and half-pedalling fairly quickly. She is a very fast learner!

Vandana : Came early, learnt basics , and shared scooting bike with Richa, who came after quite a gap.

Ongoing Learners:

Alex : Came early, scooted reasonably fine.Posture needs work as upper body is constantly moving.

Dayansh : Was able to scoot down hill by the end of the session but might need a bit more practice to gain more confidence. We can start work on going uphill next session and also correcting the seating on the saddleand tendency to look down on occasion.

Nadia- got to half pedaling but got scared of falling, need more pratice

Richa : Persistance personified. Came after a gap, started scooting as usual, shared with Vandana.

Sairah -Continued to pedal, uphill was a bit of a challenge, but is still trying very hard! Brought along Sri again and two other friends. Very enthusiastic as always!

Salma- Super smiling senior, as usual, rode a few rounds. Needs to keep doing basic stuff like safe mounting, and braking.

Shweta - Continued with scooting, Shweta pedaled uphill and downhill by herself and tried doing circles

Shwetha Bhaskar: Rode independently today. Working on her signalling steps.

Tamoghno - Continued with pedaling, still has a bit of a lurch that needs correction.

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

Shriya, Parag, Ali, Ganesh,Vinay