Meets 7:00 PM Thursdays
Shepherdsville Community Center

The purpose of a Bicycle Rodeo is to teach Cub Scouts about bicycle maintenance, bicycle safety, and to help them earn their Bicycling Belt Loop.  Pack 868 hosted our first Bicycle Rodeo as our first summertime event and invited local Pack 848 to participate with us.  The Shepherdsville Police Department obtained some great handouts about bicycle safety for us from the National Child Safety Council.  We had a good turnout of both scouts and parents from both units and the event was both fun and educational for everyone.

After a talk inside about bicycle safety, Scouts and their siblings lined up to ride a practice course.		Bikes varied in size, style, and color.  We teased Caden about his fluorescent green "stealth" bike.
Preston's "big wheel" was a hit that several of the boys took turns riding around the course.		Dawson gives the "big wheel" a spin as Caden is careful to avoid running into him.
Of course, not all cyclists were always as patient or careful as Caden. Here we see Tre giving Dawson a nudge forward.		The course included an intersection with a stop sign -- complete with a traffic cop.  Riders had to stop and signal a right turn before proceeding.
Just like in real life, traffic often backed up at the stop sign as some riders forgot to signal their turn.		But our traffic cop did a good job of keeping citizens smiling as he enforced the rules of the road.
Parents did a good job of keeping watch, though we wonder if Will's mom sees Dawson bearing down on her from behind?		Overall, the riders did a good job of sharing the road and we didn't have even a single collision.
(L to R) Michael, Jesse, and Gus.		OK, Brian, we see your signal ... but what we really want to know is how does a big guy like you manage to ride a bike that small?