Are you ready for a 10-mile bike ride? Gather your Scout Basic Essentials, check your bike and safety gear, and get ready to hit the open road or trail. Cycling is a wonderful way to travel and a great hobby to stay physically strong.
Safety MomentPrior to any activity, use the BSA SAFE Checklist to ensure the safety of all those involved.
All participants in official BSA Scouting activities should become familiar with the Guide to Safe Scouting and applicable program literature or manuals.
Be aware of state or local government regulations that supersede BSA practices, policies, and guidelines.
To assist in the safe delivery of the program you may find specific safety items that are related to requirements for the Adventure.
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Before starting this Adventure, review Digital Safety and Online Scouting Activities.
Decide on gear and supplies you should bring might bring for a long bike ride. Determine how to safely carry the gear.
Discover how multi-gear bicycles work and their benefit.
Show how to lubricate a chain.
Review different bicycle locks. Demonstrate the operation of locks and, how to secure your bicycle with a lock.
Repair a flat tire.
With your patrol, pack, or family, use a map and plan a bicycle ride that is at least 10 miles.
With your patrol, pack, or family and using the buddy system, go on a bicycle ride that is a minimum of 10 miles.
Decide on gear and supplies you should bring might bring for a long bike ride. Determine how to safely carry the gear.
Cub Scouts learn about and determine gear needed for a long bike ride and how to carry that gear.
Discover how multi-gear bicycles work and their benefit.
Cub Scouts learn about multi-gear bikes.
Show how to lubricate a chain.
Cub Scouts learn how to maintain their bike chain.
Review different bicycle locks. Demonstrate the operation of locks and, how to secure your bicycle with a lock.
Cub Scouts learn about different types of bike locks and how to open them.
Repair a flat tire.
Cub Scouts learn how to repair a flat tire on a bike.
With your patrol, pack, or family, use a map and plan a bicycle ride that is at least 10 miles.
With your patrol, pack, or family and using the buddy system, go on a bicycle ride that is a minimum of 10 miles.
Cub Scouts and adults go on a 10-mile bike ride.
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
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.
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.
