CycleBots: 25-Mile Bayshore Bikeway

Meet the LA Lone Scouts' on their CycleBot Tour at the next Bike Rental to pick out your own Tandem Bike...for Cycling Merit Badge Requirement #7:

Using the BSA buddy system, complete all of the requirements for Option A. Road Biking

• (A) Take a road test with your counselor and demonstrate the following:
  • (1) Properly mount, pedal, and brake, including emergency stops.
  • (2) 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.
  • (3) Properly execute a right turn.
  • (4) Demonstrate appropriate actions at a right-turn-only lane when you are continuing straight.
  • (5) Show proper curbside and road-edge riding.Show how to ride safely along a row of parked cars.
  • (6) Cross railroad tracks properly.
• (B) Avoiding main highways,
  
  
  • take two rides of 10 miles each
    
    
    • November https://www.eventbrite.com/e/10-mile-ride-of-shoreline-tickets-65073889756
    
    
    • November
    
    
  • two rides of 15 miles each
    
    
    • December
    
    
    • February - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyclebots-15-mile-around-historic-santa-barbara-tickets-65226475143
    
    
  • and two rides of 25 miles each.
    
    
    • February - 
    
    
    • March - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyclebots-25-mile-bayshore-bikeway-tickets-65719525871
    
    
  • You must make a report of the rides taken. List dates for the routes traveled, and interesting things seen.
  
  
• (C) After completing requirement (B), participate in an organized bike tour of at least 50-miles. Make this ride in eight hours. Afterward, use the tour's cue sheet to make a map of the ride.
  
  
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    • April - 
    
    
  
  

FOR WHOM:

Scouts from any BSA troop or BSA council can join this bike ride  You can bring your own bike to meet up at the "trail head" (address listed above) where the rest of us will be picking out a tandem bike.

This is NOT a drop off. 

All Scouts must be accompanied by 1-BSA Adult with YPT + First Aid from their troop at the maximum ratio of 3-scouts to 1-adult.

Everyone will wear comfortable clothes and shoes + helmet, bring their 10-essentials (water, snacks/lunch, money, windjacket, sunglasses) and BSA Medical Form A/B/C.

BAYSHORE BIKEWAY ROUTE DETAILS: https://www.sandiego.org/articles/biking/bike-route-bayshore-bikeway.aspx

This is NOT a drop off. It’s a 24-mile bicycle circuit, which includes about 13 miles of car-free bicycle paths. The rest of the route consists of on-street sections designated as either bicycle lanes or bicycle routes.

Starting Downtown take Flagship's Coronado Ferry across San Diego Bay and start your ride upon docking at the Coronado Ferry Landing. The Bikeway makes its way through Coronado, along the Silver Strand, through the communities of Imperial Beach and Chula Vista and back into Downtown San Diego. The ride will take you through the quaint town of Coronado and past the historic Hotel del Coronado Hotel, built in 1888, which has played host to presidents, celebrities and royalty for over 120 years. You'll also ride past the U.S. Naval Amphibious Base (where the Navy SEALs train). Continuing on the path, you'll trek past Silver Strand State Beach, a beautiful stretch of coast; and the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, a 3,900-acre wetland that is home to many endangered and migratory birds.

The continuous, paved portion of the rail-trail ends at the south end of San Diego Bay at Main Street in Chula Vista. Bike lanes along streets with light traffic connect to another portion of trail near the S. Bay Freeway and over the Sweetwater River, connecting to the Sweetwater Bikeway. To complete the 24-mile loop around the bay, the trail links with on-street bike lanes and bike routes through Chula Vista, National City and downtown San Diego.

NOTES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

1) Travel from wherever you are and the Coronado Ferry Landing is your responsibility.

2) This is NOT a drop off. All Scouts must be accompanied on the entire bike ride by an adult (21+) with YPT + First Aid at the maximum ratio of 4-scouts to 1-adult from the same troop.

3) Price listed is for the (a) event patch + shipping fees, and (b) BSA Cycling Award + shipping fees.

4) Sign Up Scouts using their real first and last name. Please include their BSA Council and BSA Troop Number. Home address is the location you want the patches to be sent to.

5) The LA Lone Scouts' are renting their bikes for this ride at the Wheel Fun Rentals location listed above. Scouts can bring their own bikes or rent one too.