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Webelos – 4th Grade
Pedal Away
Elective
Requirement 2

Webelos Gear Guidance

Webelos – 4th Grade
Pedal Away
Elective
Requirement 2

Webelos Gear Guidance

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts learn about multi-gear bikes.

Outdoor
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  • One multi-geared bike

Before the meeting:

  1. Set up meeting space with multigeared bike and room for Cub Scouts to stand around the bike.

During the meeting:

  1. Explain to Cub Scouts that gears on a bike allow the rider to keep pedaling at a steady rate whether going uphill or downhill. On a bike that has no gears, every rotation you make with your pedal makes one rotation on the back wheel. Bikes with gears can change the number of rotations you make with your pedals to equal one full rotation of your back tire.
  2. Point out the rear cassette. The rear cassette is a group of sprockets at the rear hub of a bicycle that attaches to the freehub and is held in place by a cassette lockring. 
  3. Point out the gear shift and explain that lower numbers or lower gears help when the incline is steep. Higher numbers or high gears help when going downhill
  4. Flip the bike over. with the wheels up and show them how the gears can change when the pedals move.

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.