San Francisco 25-Mile Bike Ride

Date: July 11 (Saturday)
Time: 7:30am – 7:00pm
Meet & Pickup: Walnut Creek BART (meet near entrance to station)
Cost: $25 for scouts and $30 for adults
Attire: Wear a bright colored synthetic T-shirt (Troop Cycling shirt) for biking i.e. a non-cotton moisture wicking material.
Prerequisites: Must have ridden 3 troop rides including at least 15 mile ride and a total of 35 miles. (Note: This is a very hilly ride through the Marin headlands and is fairly demanding. Also, if you are a slow rider this is not the ride for you because we will be on a somewhat tight time schedule.)
Required: Permission slip, ABC bike check
Bring: Bicycle, helmet, minimum 1 liter of water (1 Nalgene type water bottles or appropriate size water hydration pack), bicycle repair kit, a spare tube, 10 essentials (including personal first aid kit), sunscreen and a sack lunch in a small day/bike pack and trail mix or other snack food to consume on the road. The checklist is here.

A day bike ride around the San Francisco Bay Area. We will take BART from Walnut Creek to San Francisco with our bikes. We will ride through San Francisco and over the Golden Gate Bridge and will continue to Larkspur and will take the ferry to Pier 41.

We will ride a short distance from Pier 41 back to the Embarcadero BART station and take BART back to Walnut Creek.

Important Dates:
07/07 (Tue) 6:30pm – ABC Bike check before COH
07/07 (Tue) 7:00pm – Permission slip due at COH
07/11 (Sat) 7:30am – Meet at Walnut Creek BART station entrance
07/11 (Sat) 7:00pm – Pickup at Walnut Creek BART station entrance

Contact Mr Jasty (408-218-4872) for questions.

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