Damaged helmets - and using them again

I've carried on using a helmet that has made contact with the road but that only had a scuffing on it. Nothing to the extent in that picture. If it were mine, I wouldn't wear it again.

[G]

Originally Posted by Stig_Of_The_Dump

I've carried on using a helmet that has made contact with the road but that only had a scuffing on it. Nothing to the extent in that picture. If it were mine, I wouldn't wear it again.

To be fair I did have a sore neck for weeks, perhaps the helmet just absorbed a lot more of the impact than I am giving it credit for.

I'll probably give it a miss and look into passing it on for training somewhere.

[yorkie_chris]

That would probably be explained by the jarring effect of the road slowing the lid down. Do shoei offer testing of possibly damaged lids?

But anyway, surely you knew the answer you were going to get before you asked the question

[G]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

That would probably be explained by the jarring effect of the road slowing the lid down. Do shoei offer testing of possibly damaged lids?

But anyway, surely you knew the answer you were going to get before you asked the question

To be fair I was seriously tempted to use it again. In hindsight thinking back to the contact probably a bad idea.

When I did marshalling, the sidecar passengers often fell off with similar damage to mine and the clerk of the course always allowed them to continue... and that just got me thinking, maybe I could use it track only as people fall off all the time on the track and surely dont go out buying a new one each time.

Originally Posted by G

When I did marshalling, the sidecar passengers often fell off with similar damage to mine and the clerk of the course always allowed them to continue... and that just got me thinking, maybe I could use it track only as people fall off all the time on the track and surely dont go out buying a new one each time.

The dynamics of track crashes do tend to be different - sliding rather than colliding. Impact accidents do happen, just not as frequently; but would I take the chance - no!

[yorkie_chris]

I'd probably buy a cheaper lid for the track

Physicologically I'd never want to wear a helmet thats hit the deck again ....

Superstition more than science ...