Would you get your cycling badge at Scouts?

[Andrew_Culture]

Or did you? At my Scouts we were given free access to the Quality Street tin of badges the week before each year's St. George's Day parade so our Skip wouldn't look so bad. Mind you, we also got asked to 'move on' from the village we were based in .

Anyway, lookie at the link, read at the list of requirements and decide what age you would have actually earned your badge. I reckon I would have gotten mine aged about 35 (that six months of well-maintained cycle is a toughie!).

http://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/546/cyclist-activity-badge/?cat=7,64,172&moduleID=10

 

[Sara_H]

Wow.

All that talk of first aid, hypothermia, adventerous activities, helmets and motor car stopping distance may put a scout off cycling forever.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

14 or 15, I reckon. Though at 16 cotter pins brought me to my knees. Luckily they don't appear on the list.

Ooh, edity heck: I didn't see the helmet bit. I was 52 when I first wore one.

 

[cosmicbike]

I'm 'lucky' enough to be Cub Scout Leader (or Akela) at our local Cub pack, and will be doing the cyclist activity badge with them this year. Nothing too onerous, and should be quite fun
A little easier than the Scout version.
http://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/1415/cyclist-activity-badge/?cat=12,67,127&moduleID=10

 

[JtB]

Our scout cycling badge was gained automatically when we passed our cycling proficiency test.

 

[green1]

Looks like I'd never gain a cubs or scouts badge. Reflective clothing & Helmets.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Our scout cycling badge was gained automatically when we passed our cycling proficiency test.

I failed mine on account of causing a car to skid to a halt to avoid killing me. This was on the village road outside my primary school, a road so quiet that when a car drove past we'd all turn our heads. The winderrs were too high to see out of, so I guess we were wistfully dreaming of freedom. And yes, 'winderrs' is the correct local pronounciation of 'windows'. Ah, I remember the day Microsoft released Winderrs free poynt seffen. Where were we?

 

[cosmicbike]

Looks like I'd never gain a cubs or scouts badge. Reflective clothing & Helmets.

I'll be going through the whole helmet debate with the Cubs, and also talk about the importance of being visible by use of lights and perhaps reflective clothing. I like to use the Badge requirements as a guide, and whilst I endeavour to tick the boxes, often I prefer to ensure that the spirit of Scouting is bought to the fore, rather than blindly following the letter by letter badge requirements. Scouting is about life skills, and one of those is freedom of choice.

 

[DCLane]

Age 11 - I chose to buy a red Raleigh road bike and ride to secondary school instead of catching the bus.

Rode 3 miles each way in all weathers and, come to think of it, had very few issues - never carried a pump, etc. and never needed one. What were the tyres on it made from?

The only issue I had in 5 years was getting hit by the RE teacher, who was a nun.

 

[Saluki]

Our scout cycling badge was gained automatically when we passed our cycling proficiency test.

Same with my girl guide cycling badge.

 

[Sara_H]

Same with my girl guide cycling badge.

I can't rember there bein a girl guide cycling badge. I was patrol leader - Poppy Patrol.

 

[Saluki]

I can't rember there bein a girl guide cycling badge. I was patrol leader - Poppy Patrol.

I am pretty sure that there was. I was Kingfisher patrol and loathed the guide leader, as did most of the girls. I definitely had a badge with a wheel or something on. Could have been brownies but I did my cycling proficiency at 10 or 11. It was a very long time ago.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I'd manage with Option A and a tad of pedantry.
I own a checked & adjusted cycle helmet, I understand their reference in the Highway Code,
I didn't see a mandate to wearing one to get the badge, unless I mentally edited that bit

 

[TheDoctor]

Well, I'd done most of that when I was 14. Except that helmets didn't exist then.

 

[Sara_H]

I am pretty sure that there was. I was Kingfisher patrol and loathed the guide leader, as did most of the girls. I definitely had a badge with a wheel or something on. Could have been brownies but I did my cycling proficiency at 10 or 11. It was a very long time ago.

We tended to do very boring and girly guide badges like cookery and and the secretary badge.

Our Guide leader was very officious. We didn't really have much fun TBH!