Bike Camping - January 2009
Start Date: Saturday, January 31st, 2009 9:00 AM
End Date: Sunday, February 1st, 2009 12:01 PM
Meeting Point for Drop-off and Pickup: Cerritos Regional Park (near Tennis Courts)
Location: El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA changed from Santa Fe Dam
Forms Needed: Troop 693 Permission Slip
Coordinator: Terri Botello, Alok Sancheti, Larry Stern, Ed Johnson
Cost: $25 per scout
Last Date to Signup: January 12th, 2009
Things to bring: Camping Checklist, Bikes (see below), Sack luch for Saturday
Merit Badge Worksheet: Cycling Merit Badge Worksheet.doc
Other Training Rides: Training Bike Rides - 2009
Details
- This is the first outing in preparation of the Long Term Bike Ride - August 2009.
- This does not mean only scouts going to long-term bike ride should attend this outing. This is open to all; and at a given time we will not ride more than 9 miles.
- We will be meeting at Cerritos Regional Park NOT at CMS
- After leaving our gears e.g. tents, sleeping bags etc. at the park, which an adult volunteer will take to El Dorado Park.
- Thereafter we will bike for about 9 miles to Seal Beach, next to the flood water Coyote Creek. In the map, you will see the bike trail next to the blue path.
- After having the sack lunch at the beach and relaxing, we will bike for about 4 miles to El Dorado Park.
- We will camp overnight at the park
- Next day after breakfast and pack-up we will ride our bikes back to Cerritos Regional Park; while an adult volunteer will get our gear to the Cerritos Regional Park.
Notes
- We will cover some requirements for Cycling Merit Badge, you can use Cycling Merit Badge Worksheet.doc
- Scouts will NOT be carrying the tents etc. on bike, but we will load them in cars and drive them to El Dorado Park. Scouts will be carrying a small hydration pack or water and energy bar with them on the bike. Of course that means we will need couple of adult volunteers to drive the stuff to El Dorado Park, they may or may not camp with us.
- Only helmets and gloves are mandatory, other things like bike shorts, jersy with Ed had discussed on the January 5th meeting are optional.
- It will be a good idea to get a bike lock. We will be biking close to the beach where we can park the bikes and walk up to the beach if we have locks.
Ride
Day | Miles | Time |
---|---|---|
Saturday | ||
Cerritos Regional Park to Seal Beach | 9 | 1 hr 30 min |
Seal Beach to El Darodo Park | 6 | 1 hr |
Total: | 15 | 2hr 30 min |
Sunday | ||
El Darodo Park to Foster Road | 13.5 | 1 hr 30 min |
Foster Road to Cerritos Regoinal Park | 6.5 | 30 min |
Total: | 20 | 2 hr |
Grand Total: | 35 | 4 hr 30 min |
Attendance
No. | Scout | Permission Slip | Medical | Paid | Patrol | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Scout-Tam Nguyen | Y | Y | $25.00 | 2 | |
2. | Scout-Leonard Kim | Y | Y | $25.00 C | 1 | SPL |
3. | Scout-Rickey Gilliland | Y | Y | $25.00 | 2 | |
4. | Scout-Brian Chen | Y | Y | $25.00 | 1 | |
5. | Scout-Curtis Cha | Y | Y | $25.00 | 1 | |
6. | Scout-Patrick De La Funte | Y | Y | $25.00 | 2 | |
7. | Scout-Byron Chien | Y | Y | $25.00 | 1 | |
8. | Scout-Ansh Sancheti | Y | Y | $25.00 | 1 | PL |
8. | Scout-Matthew Chern | Y | Y | $25.00 | 2 | PL |
10. | Scout-Mark Chern | Y | Y | $25.00 | 2 | PL |
11. | Scout-Justin Wang | Y | Y | $25.00 | 2 | |
12. | Scout-Mitchell Hoang | Y | Y | $25.00 C | 1 | |
13. | Scout-Lawrence Dang | Y | Y | $25.00 | 2 | returned on Sat, did not ride back |
Total: | $325.00 |
No. | Adult | Notes |
---|---|---|
1. | Alok Sancheti | vegetarian |
2. | Richard Gilliland | |
3. | Gordon Davis | |
4. | Eric Aune | no biking |
5. | Ed Johnson | did not camp |
6. | Glenn Nishibayashi | did not camp |
7. | Hoa Ngyuen | returned Sat, did not ride back |
8. | Hien Dang | returned Sat, did not camp |
9. | Bill Chen | returned Sat, did not camp |
10. | Mark Nagayama | returned Sat, did not camp |
11. | Hai Ngyuen | drive for pickup and drop-off |
12. | Jeanne Cha | drive for pickup and drop-off |
Training & Inspection
Date: Jan 10th, 2009
Time: 8:00 AM
Meeting Point: Liberty Park, Cerritos
- Make sure you attend the training and inspection session to prepare for the outing.
- At the training we will inspect your bikes, helmets etc.
- Go over bike rules and safety issues.
- Thereafter we will ride on Coyote Creek Bike Path for about 6 miles.
- We rode 12.5 miles on the bike path, some scouts rode from home to Liberty Park, hence extra miles.
No. | Attendance | Miles* |
---|---|---|
1 | Scout-Joseph Moon | 12.5 |
2 | Scout-Curtis Cha | 16.5 |
3 | Scout-Patrick De La Funte | 12.5 |
4 | Scout-Byron Chien | 17.0 |
5 | Scout-Tam Nguyen | 12.5 |
6 | Scout-Brian Chen | 12.5 |
7 | Scout-Cristian Preciado | 12.5 |
8 | Scout-Rickey Gilliland | 17.5 |
9 | Scout-Ansh Sancheti | 21.5 |
10 | Scout-Gerardo Gorospe | 16.0 |
Thanks to the following adults who went with the scouts:
No. | Adult |
---|---|
1 | Ed Johnson |
2 | Larry Stern |
3 | Gordon Davis |
4 | Glenn Nishibayashi |
5 | Christina Precadio |
6 | Dennis Gorospe |
7 | Richard Gilliland |
8 | Hoa Nguyen |
9 | Alok Sancheti |
Bikes
- Please read How to Buy a Bike before buying a bike
- For this ride bring whichever bike you currently have
- If you plan to buy a new bike. Buy one which has gears, so BMX bikes will not work. Please speak with Ed Johnson so that he can suggest the size / fit best for you.
- For the long term bike ride, we will use bikes with smooth tires (with or without grooves). They are much easier to peddle than having wide knobby tires that the boys probably have now. The knobby tires will be OK for the first few short rides.
- If you currently own a mountain bike (the bike where tires have grooves), do not worry we will be converting the tires. You do not have to buy a new bike just for this reason.
- Bring helmets and gloves you will NOT BE ALLOWED to ride without a helmet or gloves.
- Patch kit, pumps will be needed for longer rides; for the training rides you do not need them.
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Hello. I'm currently running 2.5 inch width tires right now and I'm not sure if my front or rear rim will accept the slick tires. so what should I do?
What size are your rims? It will be on the tire. Something like 21 x 2.5 or 24 x 2.5. Let me know and I'll look it up for you or you can check the website of Performance Bicycle at http://www.performancebike.com/shop/sub_cat.cfm?subcategory_id=5425 and then click on the various tires and then click on the specs link. It will give you the sizes for the tire that match the rims. Let me know if you have any problems and I'll look it up for you.
Generally speaking, you can run almost any width tire on the rim as long as the diameter is the same (i.e., 20", 24", 26", 650c, 27", or 700c). As Mr. Stern indicated, it will always say on the sidewall of the tire. By the way, as you change tire widths (larger OR smaller) you will often (but not always) also have to change inner-tube sizes. Be sure the new tube has the same type valve — presta or shrader. The shrader is the larger diameter, just like that on a car tire. The presta valve stem has a metal valve that screws tight on the end to seal the valve.
Read my one pager (posted on the site) BEFORE you go bike shopping.
Article by Ed Johnson can be found at How to Buy a Bike
Hmmm….How far is it to El Dorado?
El Dorado Park is about 5 miles from Cerritos, but first we will be biking from Cerritos Regional Park to Seal Beach (9 miles), then after realxing for a few hours at the beach, we will be biking to El Dorado Park (4 miles).
THANK YOU
Question: For this biking trip, are we required to bring:
(a) tire repair kit, and
(b) tire changing tool? (what tool and where to get them?)
Regards, Andrew.
Answer: Yes that is what you would need. The tool will be so that you can take pry the tire out of the rim, something similar to what Ed showed us on the training ride. Also if your rim cannot be taken out from the bicycle with a lever, then some wrench to take the bolt out will be helpful.
Other than that remember helmet, gloves, spare tube, water and sack lunch.
You can get them at the bike shop in Artesia or Cypress. You can also try Sports Chalet or similar shop.
Hope this helps.
Great job scouts who went on this outing; your guys did a whooping 35 miles over these 2 days of riding, see details above. Specially excellent job for the boys who were ridding the small bikes. You made it all the way!!!
As you can see there was a big improvement in the performance between the two days. On Saturday you did 15 miles in 2 1/2 hours and Sunday you did 20 miles in 2 hours. That is improvement in both miles and time. Thanks to Leo Kim for being the SPL for the trip, and keeping the scouts organized. This was my first time organizing an outing and you certainly made my task easy.
Also I would want to thank Ed who provided all the expert advise on biking and helped the boys with their bikes and taught them how to change tires. Richard for organizing the food for the adults; it sure was delicious and well planned. Needless to say this all would have not been possible if Hai, Jeanne and Eric had not gone back-and-forth hauling our gear; that was lot of trips in and out. Thanks to Mark for preserving the memories and Glenn and Gordon for their guidance. Bill, Hieun and Hoa thank you for riding with us.
Although Larry, could not make it to this outing, he has been providing me all the guidance and training for this and upcoming biking trips.
Alok
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