[RBW] Re: No Rivendell merit badge for you
Maybe a taped and shellacked kickstand with twine ends? From: Lynne Fitz fitzb...@comcast.net To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:42:53 AM Subject: [RBW] Re: No Rivendell merit badge for you so, like, what WOULD a Rivendell merit badge look like? Ideas? Not the RBW logo. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: No Rivendell merit badge for you
I have the patch for doing that trip. Aside from the merit badges, you can earn 50 mile patches for both hiking (got that one too for a week long backpack on the Long Trail in VT) and cycling. (Both cases as an adult leader with the boys. From: k5osx1 k5o...@gmail.com T I'm a little shocked to see that the scout is required to plan *and then ride* a 50 mile trip. I don't recall doing that ... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: No Rivendell merit badge for you
I fondly remember getting my cycling merit badge many years ago. Fifty miles seemed like such a long trip, I think they even gave us a time limit to complete the ride IIRC. I think the original spirit of scouting has many similarities to rivishness, which is part of the appeal of both. I'm partial to the insistently minimal politics of grant though, the scouts has frustrated me lately with what some of their officials ups have said and done--it was not (and I don't think is/hope isn't usually) the trend at the grassroots level across the states during my experience there. Too bad I feel the need to distance myself from that area, and don't wish to send this off topic--scouting on the whole is great! Big apples, not bad ones. erik On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Bruce fullylug...@yahoo.com wrote: I have the patch for doing that trip. Aside from the merit badges, you can earn 50 mile patches for both hiking (got that one too for a week long backpack on the Long Trail in VT) and cycling. (Both cases as an adult leader with the boys. -- *From:* k5osx1 k5o...@gmail.com *T* I'm a little shocked to see that the scout is required to plan *and then ride* a 50 mile trip. I don't recall doing that ... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: No Rivendell merit badge for you
Dunno. But seeing as I already earned the Girl Scout cycling merit badge a zillion years ago, earning a Rivendell merit badge would seem almost redundant. For my Scout badge I had to help organize a bike safety rodeo for the local Brownie troop (we invited the Cub Scouts to participate as well so our numbers would look better), fix a flat tire all by myself, plan a troop bicycle ride of at least 10 miles long (for Junior Girl Scouts, ages 9-12 and three parent chaperones) and assign other scouts to help me transport a picnic lunch for up to ten riders. The last was lots of fun. We started in Walnut Creek and took a 13-mile loop through Concord and Lafayette before ending up back at Walnut Park. The scouts were all fine, it was the parents who struggled with the distance. I felt sad because my mother, who was the assistant Troop leader, had never learned to ride a bike, couldn't go. I was eleven when I completed the badge, and well on my way to loving bicycles forever. On second thought, it seems that those who attend the not-quite-annual Rivendell Weekends already get some kind of badge for their efforts... Beth On May 14, 10:42 pm, Lynne Fitz fitzb...@comcast.net wrote: so, like, what WOULD a Rivendell merit badge look like? Ideas? Not the RBW logo. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: No Rivendell merit badge for you
Dunno. But seeing as I already earned the Girl Scout cycling merit badge a zillion years ago, earning a Rivendell merit badge would seem almost redundant. For my Scout badge I had to help organize a bike safety rodeo for the local Brownie troop (we invited the Cub Scouts to participate as well so our numbers would look better), fix a flat tire all by myself, plan a troop bicycle ride of at least 10 miles long (for Junior Girl Scouts, ages 9-12 and three parent chaperones) and assign other scouts to help me transport a picnic lunch for up to ten riders. The last was lots of fun. We started in Walnut Creek and took a 13-mile loop through Concord and Lafayette before ending up back at Walnut Park. The scouts were all fine, it was the parents who struggled with the distance. I felt sad because my mother, who was the assistant Troop leader, had never learned to ride a bike, couldn't go. I was eleven when I completed the badge, and well on my way to loving bicycles forever. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethness/3352745506/ On second thought, it seems that those who attend the not-quite- annual Rivendell Weekends already get some kind of badge for their efforts... http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/508855834/ Beth On May 14, 10:42 pm, Lynne Fitz fitzb...@comcast.net wrote: so, like, what WOULD a Rivendell merit badge look like? Ideas? Not the RBW logo. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: No Rivendell merit badge for you
Badgeez? Did you say Badgeez ? (evil cackle) we don't need... Sorry couldn't resist R On May 15, 9:23 am, beth h periwinkle...@yahoo.com wrote: Dunno. But seeing as I already earned the Girl Scout cycling merit badge a zillion years ago, earning a Rivendell merit badge would seem almost redundant. For my Scout badge I had to help organize a bike safety rodeo for the local Brownie troop (we invited the Cub Scouts to participate as well so our numbers would look better), fix a flat tire all by myself, plan a troop bicycle ride of at least 10 miles long (for Junior Girl Scouts, ages 9-12 and three parent chaperones) and assign other scouts to help me transport a picnic lunch for up to ten riders. The last was lots of fun. We started in Walnut Creek and took a 13-mile loop through Concord and Lafayette before ending up back at Walnut Park. The scouts were all fine, it was the parents who struggled with the distance. I felt sad because my mother, who was the assistant Troop leader, had never learned to ride a bike, couldn't go. I was eleven when I completed the badge, and well on my way to loving bicycles forever. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethness/3352745506/ On second thought, it seems that those who attend the not-quite- annual Rivendell Weekends already get some kind of badge for their efforts... http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/508855834/ Beth On May 14, 10:42 pm, Lynne Fitz fitzb...@comcast.net wrote: so, like, what WOULD a Rivendell merit badge look like? Ideas? Not the RBW logo.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: No Rivendell merit badge for you
beth h wrote: I was eleven when I completed the badge, and well on my way to loving bicycles forever. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethness/3352745506/ Beth I love your saddlebag and badges and stickers. :) Lisa --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: No Rivendell merit badge for you
so, like, what WOULD a Rivendell merit badge look like? Ideas? Not the RBW logo. A bike with fenders and luggage? Canvas luggage, of course. On May 14, 5:19 pm, William Henderson william.c.hender...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.missionbicycle.com/blog/kirk/mission-bicycle-fiveten-studi... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
