Comments on: Rethink your Lid http://neuralfibre.com/paul/reviews/rethink-your-lid But why Dad? Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DavidS http://neuralfibre.com/paul/reviews/rethink-your-lid/comment-page-1#comment-674 DavidS Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:06:45 +0000 http://neuralfibre.com/paul/uncategorized/rethink-your-lid#comment-674 You make mention of replacing a 13 year old helmet, but you are now paying attention to 5 star safety ratings. I suggest that from now on you purchase helmets more regularly. Check what all the manufacturers say about the age at which helmets should be replaced. All the ones I have seen state 5 years from manufacture. This is due to the materials used in construction perishing over time (not just the padding compressing and causing a looser fit for helmets without replacable pads, but also the foam used to absorb any impacts). Always good to see a new standard though. Better to be able to make informed decisions with more information. You make mention of replacing a 13 year old helmet, but you are now paying attention to 5 star safety ratings.

I suggest that from now on you purchase helmets more regularly. Check what all the manufacturers say about the age at which helmets should be replaced. All the ones I have seen state 5 years from manufacture. This is due to the materials used in construction perishing over time (not just the padding compressing and causing a looser fit for helmets without replacable pads, but also the foam used to absorb any impacts).

Always good to see a new standard though. Better to be able to make informed decisions with more information.

]]> By: BrianK http://neuralfibre.com/paul/reviews/rethink-your-lid/comment-page-1#comment-673 BrianK Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:53:18 +0000 http://neuralfibre.com/paul/uncategorized/rethink-your-lid#comment-673 Dugie, quote of the day... "Of course nothing will protect you from those big ones that just leave you dead" My immediate thought was "except physics, especially the one about an object in motion...". I had a mental picture of me in a Hummer H2 wearing the cheapest dodgy helmet on the market, and some poor soul (or former soul depending on your beliefs) on a GSXR1000 with a $2000 lid.... Dugie, quote of the day…
“Of course nothing will protect you from those big ones that just leave you dead”
My immediate thought was “except physics, especially the one about an object in motion…”. I had a mental picture of me in a Hummer H2 wearing the cheapest dodgy helmet on the market, and some poor soul (or former soul depending on your beliefs) on a GSXR1000 with a $2000 lid….

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