"Rick Barnes" <rascal@scrtc.com> wrote:
: Good article. Helmets are so much better now too, but we had a rule and I
: dunno if it still applies...helmet gets one shot...if you even drop it hard
: on the pavement, replace it..but then I never did follow directions well.
Yeah, that's what I was taught as well - if your helmet so much
as falls from the seat of your bike onto the pavement, technically
you are supposed to replace it, because where it hit now has less
ability to absorb future impacts, even though it might visually
look unharmed.
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