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Post by vstrom2up on Dec 9, 2009 21:32:03 GMT -5
I would have to buy a new helmet after practically every ride if I replaced it after every little fall. I really need to care for my gear better!
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Post by xsyamahadg on Dec 9, 2009 22:18:57 GMT -5
I dropped my Shoei when it was new and took a chip out of it. After I stopped crying about the chip, I used it for another five years.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2009 9:52:54 GMT -5
Most modern helmets are either polycarbonate or some mixture of kevlar and some other plastic. These materials are extremely strong. Combined with the EPS liner this is what saves your noggin. If a drop from 3 feet is going to damage it, then its kind of pointless to even wear the thing. I don't buy into the idea that a helmet has to be replaces if it is dropped.
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Post by marvinsc on Dec 10, 2009 10:52:06 GMT -5
When I hit the pavement in 2007 hard enough to knock one of the vent covers off and gouge the helmet I replaced it. The new one fell off the seat of the bike and I didn't.
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Post by mgorman on Dec 10, 2009 15:28:07 GMT -5
From what I understand, what is inside the helmet is more important. If you crash in your helmet, or like me, hit it on the garage door before it goes all the way up The inner foam padding gets damaged when your 8 pound noggin uses it as a landing pad. Once that foam is compressed, it does no good to protect your brain as it does not expand back to it's original shape. Bicycle helmets are made to break. Inside the foam is a reinforcing mesh of nylon string that holds the foam together when your head tries to auger itself into the ground. Motorcycles typicaly move quite a bit faster than bicycles and your head is probably more prone to "dribbling" down the road taking more than one impact. Sometimes when I am up over 45 mph on my bicycle, I wish i had more than a bear cooler on my head!! Motorcycle helmets have to protect you from other things besides impact with cars, tress, etc. It also has to protect you from debris flying up from cars and trucks along with birds and bats. My one helmet, Bell mag III took a whack to the side from a rock that flew up from a cement mixer. That same rock dented my nuckle, shattered my mirror then hit me in the head. I was lucky enough to get my head turned, my hand wasn't. Out of shear fear, I turn my head away from trucks now when they come at me, even when I have a full face helmet on. My MX helmets have been replaced due to the number of thumps they have taken, even if they have been minor. Because you aren't pedaling like on a bicycle, it also has to help keep your body heat in during those cold winter rides to get ice cream.
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