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by esdad697 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:30 am
For Cycling Merit Badge, can the 50 mile ride be an organized ride with many riders? By organized I mean there are like 10000 bikes and marks on the road for navigation. Are organized rides okay for the shorter rides?
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by Mrw » Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:54 am
The scout here should ask the MBC if that would be acceptable. I have seen several scout troops on some of the organized rides in this area working on and /or completing that requirement for the merit badge. Both of mine finished theirs that way.
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by FrankJ » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:04 am
I do not see anything in the requirements prohibiting organized rides to meet requirement 7 or 8. If a scout were to use an organized ride for requirement 8, I would probably spend a little more time discussing route planning since that is already done by the ride planners.
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by smtroop168 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:24 pm
As long as the organized ride meets the 8 hour requirement for the 50 miles or the distance requirements for any others, should be no problem but ask the MBC.
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by wagionvigil » Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:04 pm
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