Event Information:
Cycling Merit Badge - Mountain Bike Ride - 8 Mile
Date:
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Start Time:
5:30 PM
End Time:
9:00 PM
Location:
Palos Forest Preserve – Bull Frog
Information:
Mountain Bike Ride - 8 Mile

Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Palos Forest Preserve – Bull Frog

Directions: La Grange Road>North, 95th Street>West. If you hit Archer you have gone to far. Wolf
Road>South to trail head on your left.

Deadline Signup: July 27, 2015 - Please sign up on the troop website. NO OPEN TOED SHOES
All cyclists must wear a properly sized and fitted helmet approved by the Snell Memorial
Foundation, CPSC, or ASTM standard.

Dress appropriately for the weather. Have your bikes ready to ride.
Have a backpack with plenty of water, snacks, a first aid kit, raingear and other basic items
(compass, lip balm, hat, sunscreen, insect spray, etc.)
Wear your class B shirt.

Mountain Bike Cycling Merit Badge requires 2-2 mile, 2-5 mile, 2-8 mile, and 1- 22 mile bike ride.

All adults should have completed Youth Protection Training.

This ride event will count towards the Cycling merit badge. Remember that you need to write a short
REPORT after each ride.

Check email the night before the ride in case it was canceled due to hazardous weather or
conditions. Yes, we ride in rain.
Questions? Contact Steve Bailye at tv264@aol.com
Please include your phone number in email.
I will need one more leader to participate in this event. Please make a note in the note box if
you are a leader. This is to comply with two deep leadership.