Had my helmet blown off last night

[roogazza]

Don't be afraid of the cheaper helmets. My HJC CS-10 cost me $160 and it's survived 3 crashes and a few drops. I ought to replace it but my head isn't worth another 160 bucks

$10.00 head , Huh ! (sorry, it's an old Bell 'Ad' from the seventies ) G.

[marty]

Does the coin tap test (I've seen folk do it on boats, too) work on all helmets , though? Or just fibreglass ones?

I don't think you can get delamination on a thermoplastic formed shell.

My old FFM helmet, the one before my present one, I hit the back of it hard on a rock, falling backwards. Head was fine but the whole lower back of the helmet went all sort of "spongy", you could feel it move when you pressed on it.

only glass/carbon. thermoplastic is probably too thick, and doesn't delaminate anyway, it's more likely the polystyrene being crushed/coming away from inside that leaves the spongy feel

[Ixion]

FFM was fibreglass, was definately the shell had gone bad. Looked fine from a glance, just a few scratches. But when you flexed it it felt like pages of a book when you flex the book.

[The Stranger:Me]

Or some twat in a cage comes along and drives over it. Or some even bigger twat deices it's a big joke to kick it round like a football.Or a dog comes along and piddles on it. Or a little kid comes along and sits on it.

Seen all of the above.

And tell me, did they ever do those things again.
Wouldn't if it was my helmet.

[Ixion]

Fortunately , none of them were to my helmet. I tend to apply the same philosophy to my helmet as I do to other road users. Look the slightest bit dodgy, and I'll blast you, with voice or horn, preemptively. But, yes, in at least some cases , "words were exchanged"

[Bytor]

This is off the Snell (Amercian helmet testing) website:

"I dropped my helmet! Do I have to go buy a new one?
Generally the answer is probably not. While constantly dropping a helmet on a hard surface may eventually degrade the helmets performance, In general the real damage comes when the helmet contacts an object with a head inside. The Foundation recommends that if you are participating in an activity that requires that you wear a helmet, that you avoid hitting stuff with your head. You also need to use some reasoning too. If the helmet falls off while traveling down the highway and bounces off the pavement and such.. You may want to consider contacting the manufacturer for advise, or perhaps an inspection of the helmet."

There's some hilarious comments in there

[snuffles]

Don't stick helmets on mirrors. The lining is what saves your brain, not the shell. Compress the lining, or dent it with a mirror and it loses a percentage of impact absorption.

Always put your helmet at the lowest point possible. It can't fall from there.

Wow......... i didnt know that

[James Deuce]

You can pour scorn on that, but I can see that a huge number of people don't seem to understand the old 10ms^2 formula.

[Black Bandit]

Seriously though, I find this surprising. If you fork out hundreds of dollars on a quality helmet and expect it to protect your noggin sufficiently when you come off at let's say 80 - 110 km/h, how ... how in a month of blue Sundays can a wittle itsy fall from < 1m possibly cause enough damage to warrent a brand new helmet????? I smell a marketing ploy here - too much hype.

[Lou Girardin]

If it's scratched through the gel coat - bin it.
If not, it'll be OK. It's impacts while your head is inside that require immediate replacement. The impact absorbing qualities of the liner are then damaged beyond use.

[MattRSK]

Your choice really, do you feel lucky? (I am sure some famous bastard said that first)

"I know what you're thinking -- did he fire five shots or six? In all this commotion, I really can't remember. So you have to ask yourself, do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"

[nezorf]

you'll be right, you're in NZ now mate.

dude if you had 1 more brain cell it would be lonely

no sorry. but that not a good atitude bout head safty

[boomer]

dude if you had 1 more brain cell it would be lonely

no sorry. but that not a good atitude bout head safty

^^ enough said

nah i can't resist.. if your mother and father hadn't taken the 'she'll be right' attitude then maybe i wouldn't be wasting my time replying to the bollox you just spouted.

[enigma51]

^^ enough said

nah i can't resist.. if your mother and father hadn't taken the 'she'll be right' attitude then maybe i wouldn't be wasting my time replying to the bollox you just spouted.

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[kiwifruit]

Look at HJC helmets for value for money.

yes, good lids for fark all.
its in your best intrests really.