Helmets and Crashes...
doomanic
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I took a tumble today and hit my head pretty hard. So hard that it took me a few moments to collect my thoughts as they were strewn all over the trail...
There's no visible damage to the helmet, but should I change it anyway?
There's no visible damage to the helmet, but should I change it anyway?
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Yep. They're designed as sacrificial structures, and if you hit it in the same place again, it won't offer the same protection.0
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It may be fine but I'd bin it and get a new one.
I've binned a £275 carbon fibre full face downhill helmet after half a days riding before. It's not worth the risk.Transition Patrol - viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=130702350 -
Yeah, that's my thinking too. It'll be my second this year, the first fell to the sacrificial alter of being reversed over by my car... :oops:0
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doomanic wrote:Yeah, that's my thinking too. It'll be my second this year, the first fell to the sacrificial alter of being reversed over by my car... :oops:
Did you survive?All the gear, no idea and loving the smell of jealousy in the morning.
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I wasn't wearing it at the time.
Of course, if I had been I wouldn't have been able to reverse over it...0 -
doomanic wrote: I wasn't wearing it at the time.
Of course, if I had been I wouldn't have been able to reverse over it...
Don't be so certain...
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2014/10/27/man- ... -colorado/All the gear, no idea and loving the smell of jealousy in the morning.
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Well, if nothing else it proves smoking is bad for your health. 0
