Requirements
- Show how to properly wear a bicycle helmet. Show you can take it off and put it on without help.
- Decide what you should wear when riding a bike.
- Learn about different types of bikes and when/where you might ride these different bikes.
- Demonstrate you can start and stop your bicycle without help.
- Demonstrate proper hand signals.
- With your den, pack, or family, following the Buddy System, take a bike ride.
Tips and Tricks
- Being honest, I think this adventure is best done at home. Scouts at this age will have wildly divergent biking skills. At a minimum, maybe have each responsible adult take each Scout separately for the requirements.
Special Needs Considerations
- Scouts with physical limitations may have difficulties or be unable to ride a bike. Consider alternate requirements by talking with their parent or guardian.
- If specialty bikes are available, it may be a good gesture to include that in the Adventure.
References
Scouting America – Pedal with the Pack
