UK2TX2CA Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Just an FYI, lots of helmet companies, like Giro, discount the replacement helmet, ....read the info shipped with the helmet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverchick Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 To answer the question I wouldn't ride without my helmet. Although women like to be fashionistas while riding but I wouldn't chance it. So one day we were out riding, I hit a little dip on the slope and was launched forward at 35 mph. I cracked my helmet right down the middle, shattered my goggles, blackened both eyes and suffered a week long concussion. I went to work that Monday (althought the doctor said no) so I am stepping out of the elevator at work when this woman walks up to me and asks me if I was ok. I said yeah just too much excitement over the weekend, so she proceeds to tell me if I needed to talk she was there for me. So I'm like WTF why is she treating me like I'm a battered woman, so I told her that I did this to myself snowboarding over the weekend. To which she replies - The first thing you need to do is accept there is a problem and that you should never take abuse from your spouse. Which made me laugh but seriously if I hadn't been wearing my helmet that day it could have been a lot worse. I'm glad that all I walked with just a concussion and two black eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 It was the last run of the last day out and I caught something in the snow - a rock or something on my toe side in a hard turn and it sent me over to my heel side - caught the edge and whipped me on my ass - and head on typical Ontario ice. I wasn't "out" but I got up slowly On the way down I noticed that my googles didn't fit right so I took off my helmut and found my helmut was split from the bottom to the top with only about 2" of outer shell left still together. This was a high end helmut with a thick hard shell. It completely took the impact and dissapated the enregy exactly as it was designed. Without it I I would have been..................? Its not a question if you will hit your melon on the ice but how hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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