https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:47:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2127083 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:18:11 +0000 PinkElephant 2127083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 8 or 10 my friends and I were allowed to bike/walk about a mile or two to a nearby Walgreens to spend our allowances on goodies like nail polish, candy, and Clearly Canadian (remember that stuff) - no one batted an eyelash! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2127023 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:36:25 +0000 Corduroy 2127023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my brother and I were allowed to ride our bikes to the park and around the neighborhood at 8 &amp;10. There were two of us so the buddy system allowed more freedom than just one of us on our own. In our neighborhood a pack of boys aged 5-10 rides around a four block area.</p> <p>I think riding your bike around playing/exploring is different than riding it to school. I would not let my elementary or middle school kids ride to school. Traffic that surrounds our local schools at pick up and drop off is a nightmare. Cars just aren't looking for bikes. If we stay in our current house my kids will be walking to school very early on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2126929 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:25:30 +0000 mrsjyw 2126929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We lived in a townhome community and rode our bikes out around by ourselves in elementary school... we weren't ever allowed to leave the complex though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2126926 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:23:56 +0000 avivoca 2126926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were never allowed to bike around town (too much traffic), but we biked around our neighborhood regularly when we were 7 and 9 (when we first got bikes). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2126844 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:19:43 +0000 lamariniere 2126844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was maybe 9 or 10. I grew up in a small town though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2126842 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:18:56 +0000 Anagram 2126842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember being in second grade and riding my bike a few miles to a friends' house by myself for a play date. It was SUPER HOT, too....in the desert of west texas.</p> <p>Generally, I was with my brother and the two of us were roaming all over the neighborhood (very, very desolate and rural neighborhood) by ourselves pretty much as soon as I could ride a bike. We trespassed on so many oil fields and even climbed a ladder up a pumpjack once.</p> <p>True story </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2126823 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:55:41 +0000 birdofafeather 2126823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We lived in a hilly isolated neighborhood but had a park across the street so we had no desire/need to go very far! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2126813 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:48:46 +0000 blackbird 2126813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never was. We didn't live in an area conducive to it. SO many hills! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2126803 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:41:50 +0000 looch 2126803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was never allowed to bike around town alone. The most I could do was ride my bike up and down the sidewalk, but not across a street. I so badly wanted to ride my bike around the block, but I wasn't allowed to unless my 6 years younger than me brother came too. </p> <p>My parents were very protective, I have no memories of being allowed to play outside and have my run of the neighborhood...I don't connect with those child of the 70s-80s memes at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2126802 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:41:46 +0000 msplatypus 2126802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was really young, like maybe 7. I remember I hit a tree pretty hard and tried to hide it from my mom. I also walked to school by myself when I was 6, I can't imagine doing that now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biking-around-town-by-yourself#post-2126797 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:38:08 +0000 mrbee 2126797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son's walk to school is about 10 minutes, and I'd love to be able to send him on his own on his bike at some point! I wouldn't feel comfortable with him and his sister biking around in city traffic though, until they were older and had better judgment.</p> <p>I started biking around town with my brother (with no chaperones) at a pretty young age. We were maybe 9 or so? We'd bike to the local shopping center and go to the library or the secondhand book store. Some of the best memories of my life!</p> <p>My biggest concern with kids biking by themselves is actually traffic. I grew up with an area with a lot of walking and biking trails, so I was rarely in traffic. </p> <p>When did you start being allowed to use your bike around town by yourself? </p>