Originally Posted by
WhyFi
Not sure. Probably in the 8-10 mile range. Looking at a map, I was about 6 miles away from home when I broke my collarbone and had to ride, one-handed, all the way back. That was at the end of summer, before 5th grade. Ah, good times.
For much of my grade school ute our neighbourhood was kind of landlocked by "not great for cycling" roads, so I mostly didn't go out that far. Though I do remember going out a few times, and I don't recall my parents ever strictly forbidding it.
It was a different age.