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Ossum · 05-10-2009

So, I let my father sit on my bike while my helmet was perched on the sissy bar. I don't normally do this but for lack of a better place, there it was. While dismounting he kicked the helmet off and it landed square on the face shield. No other part of the helmet shows any damage; after impact it simply rolled to the side, leaving no marks.

I watched it drop, the face shield took the full impact so I'm having that replaced and never using the damaged one again. Other people may be wary of that idea. This brings to mind two questions:

1. What's the highest drop you'll let a helmet take before calling it damaged and buying a new one? I knew guys in the safety course that considered any drop more than an inch to be fatal to the helmet, and some guys who didn't mind a helmet dropping a foot or more as long as the shell didn't show damage greater than a scrape or two.

2. If someone else damages your helmet on accident, do you take it in stride and go buy another without complaint, or do you make them cough up for a new one?

05-10-2009	#1 (permalink)
Ossum Part-time canvas BTK Beginner Join Date: May 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 41	Dropped helmet replacement and ettiquette So, I let my father sit on my bike while my helmet was perched on the sissy bar. I don't normally do this but for lack of a better place, there it was. While dismounting he kicked the helmet off and it landed square on the face shield. No other part of the helmet shows any damage; after impact it simply rolled to the side, leaving no marks. I watched it drop, the face shield took the full impact so I'm having that replaced and never using the damaged one again. Other people may be wary of that idea. This brings to mind two questions: 1. What's the highest drop you'll let a helmet take before calling it damaged and buying a new one? I knew guys in the safety course that considered any drop more than an inch to be fatal to the helmet, and some guys who didn't mind a helmet dropping a foot or more as long as the shell didn't show damage greater than a scrape or two. 2. If someone else damages your helmet on accident, do you take it in stride and go buy another without complaint, or do you make them cough up for a new one?