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Cycling |
303 Counselors
Robert E. Carson Bambi Hobgood
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- Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur
while cycling, including hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, frostbite,
dehydration, sunburn, insect stings, tick bites, snakebite, blisters, and
hyperventilation.
- Clean and adjust a bicycle. Prepare it for inspection using a bicycle
safety checklist. Be sure the bicycle meets local laws.
- Show your bicycle to your counselor for inspection. Point out the
adjustments or repairs you have made. Do the following:
- Show all points that need oiling regularly.
- Show the points that should be checked regularly to make sure the
bicycle is safe to ride.
- Show how to adjust brakes, seat level and height, and steering post.
- Describe how to brake safely with foot brakes and with hand brakes.
- Show how to repair a flat. Use an old bicycle tire.
- Take a road test with your counselor and demonstrate the following:
- Proper mounting, pedaling, and braking including emergency stops.
- On an urban street with light traffic, properly execute a left turn from
the center of the street; also demonstrate an alternate left turn technique
used during periods of heavy traffic.
- Properly execute a right turn.
- Demonstrate appropriate actions at a right-turn-only lane when you are
continuing straight.
- Show proper curbside and road-edge riding. Show how to ride safely along
a row of parked cars.
- Cross railroad tracks properly.
- Describe your state's traffic laws for bicycles. Compare them with
motor-vehicle laws. Know the bicycle-safety guidelines.
- Avoiding main highways, take two rides of 10 miles each, two rides of 15
miles each, and two rides of 25 miles each. You must make a report of the
rides taken. List dates, routes traveled, and interesting things seen.
- Bicycle must have all required safety features. It must be registered as
required by your local traffic laws.
- After fulfilling requirement 8, lay out on a road map a 50-mile trip. Stay
away from main highways. Using your map, make this ride in eight hours.
BSA Advancement ID#: 39
Source: Boy Scout Requirements, #33215E, revised 2002