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I've just received a marketing mail from Cycle Lab which advises "Significant changes in temperature as well as lengthy exposure to UV light can degrade the EPS (expanded polystyrene), which is the core/shell of the modern cycling helmet. Some sunblocks contain substances that can erode EPS and sweat can also gradually wear into your helmet’s EPS and affect its structure. By replacing your helmet every three years, you are giving yourself both peace of mind as well as optimal protection." and then directs me to their range of helmets for sale. There is clearly some truth in these statements, such as the deterioration caused by exposure to UV. Some of the rest, like sweat affecting the EPS structure, is real scaremongering (hopefully not deliberate on Cycle Lab's part). Three years is a period only recommended by a handful of players in the industry, with most others advocating significantly longer periods. If you spend huge amounts of time on your bike, 3 years may well be a good yardstick, but for the vast majority a modern helmet will be good for several more years. Cycle Lab should, at the very least, ensure that the information they present is correct and not misleading. Frightening consumers into land-filling perfectly good helmets in the interests of selling more product is not something of which they should be proud.

I have a little irritation while out cycling and I am wondering if other hubbers can share your experiences and/or provide suggestions to resolve. I sweat a lot. That is my biology and there is very little I know to do about that. What gets me is the fact that the sweat eventually ends in my eyes and on my glasses. When I am out on my rides, I never have something that can clean the glasses properly and at the rate I am sweating, I will have to stop too frequently to clean. Wiping the sweat from my face helps, but eventually my glasses is so dirty and the sweat is burning my eyes so much that I have to stop. That just irritates me. I hate stopping. I cannot ride here without glasses. The muggies and what have you are too plentiful and some of them has some acid or something that burns even more than my sweat does. Am I the only one suffering like this?

Talking GREAT HELMETS that (according to Dick) all does the same thing, I sweat heavy, like rivers dripping straight down the centre of my face. Being completely bald don't really help with the dissipation either. So ... question is this. I've got a Giro Aeon and definitely cannot keep sweat from running down my face. Even using a sweat band only provide temporary aid. Anyone have an opinion on which helmet (make and model or design) deals best with keeping sweat out of your face?