Mongoose! Posted February 9, 2016 Share Three years is as long as a piece of rope... Your three years could be 30 000km (10 000 km per year) 70% in sun )My 3 years could be 9000 km (3000 km per year) 45 % in sun due to early morning rides etc. But better to be safe than sorrow koukie and Christofison 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted February 9, 2016 Share So what do u guys do with ur old helmets? Give it to ur postman/gardener? Now I'm worried sick, I gave my 2007 model I inherited from a friend 2 years ago to the postman last year.Was he wearing an ANSI approved helmet, or any helmet before you were good enough to give him yours? Therein lies your answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanD Posted February 9, 2016 Share Very interesting. I would not think of changing my helmut due to age of the thing but rather when it broke. Had a Giro for many many years before recently buying a new lid. Goodness, need a bigger savings bucket. Mongoose! and raptor-22 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted February 9, 2016 Share You guys think it's time for me to replace my one year old Bell? V12man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubehunter Posted February 9, 2016 Share You guys think it's time for me to replace my one year old Bell? 522.jpg523.jpg1044.jpg Nought bru! I like the upgrades you've made ekse! Check all the new ventilation channels! How stoked are you that you didn't put ventilation holes in your head buddy? Wannabe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor-22 Posted February 9, 2016 Share You guys think it's time for me to replace my one year old Bell? 522.jpg523.jpg1044.jpg nah it's just a scratch Kapenschtaten and Wannabe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted February 9, 2016 Share Nought bru! I like the upgrades you've made ekse! Check all the new ventilation channels! How stoked are you that you didn't put ventilation holes in your head buddy? ahem.... Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted February 9, 2016 Share ahem.... 481.jpgCan you still hear the bells? Glad you are ok..ish Wannabe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted February 9, 2016 Share Had to take a selfie to see how gravely I was injured. No Hare and intern 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted February 9, 2016 Share Can you still hear the bells? Glad you are ok..ish Hit my head, nothing to damage there. The nerve damage in my neck and hand, now that's a different story. V12man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDL Posted February 9, 2016 Share Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDF Posted February 9, 2016 Share That looks quite severe @Wannabe. What happened?Good thing you wee wearing a helmet! To all the non-helmet wearers - WEAR YOUR HELMET!! Wannabe, SilverRider, Long Wheel Base and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted February 9, 2016 Share Hit my head, nothing to damage there. The nerve damage in my neck and hand, now that's a different story. Did you have that finger x-rayed? looks like you might have dislocated or crack some bits in it. Did they check your neck for fractures too - or are you just guessing it's nerve damage only? Edited February 9, 2016 by V12man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted February 9, 2016 Share Did you have that finger x-rayed? looks like you might have dislocated or crack some bits in it. Did they check your neck for fractures too - or are you just guessing it's nerve damage only? Spent a week in Hospital. Was x-rayed, told nothing is broken or dislocated. For some or other reason I do not believe them, as that finger is still looking like that, with restricted mobility and quite sore. Went to neurologist, had scans done. Disks in my neck got squashed and caused swelling, affecting nerves in my neck/left arm,/hand. Happened on 3rd of December, feeling a lot better already. Had a full course of physio, back on the bike from end of Jan. Actually cycled past "my piece of vineyard" on Sunday. intern and V12man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted February 9, 2016 Share That looks quite severe @Wannabe. What happened?Good thing you wee wearing a helmet! To all the non-helmet wearers - WEAR YOUR HELMET!! On a downhill stretch I hit a irrigation ditch at speed, got flung over the handlebars and a row of vineyards. Landed on my head / neck, got knocked out cold for a few seconds. But as my Dad used to say "It's far from the arse, you'll survive". V12man, BDF and intern 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted February 9, 2016 Share On a downhill stretch I hit a irrigation ditch at speed, got flung over the handlebars and a row of vineyards. Landed on my head / neck, got knocked out cold for a few seconds. But as my Dad used to say "It's far from the arse, you'll survive". oh, I thought you were on the singletrack! Those irrigation ditches are brutes. They were the single largest cause of broken bones and medevacs in Tokai when it was open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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