Q: old helmet straps

I've got an old Bell V1 Pro helmet that has some broken straps. Do
shops sell replacement straps, or am I going to have to buy a whole
new helmet? Thanks...

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:44:35 +0000, Fraggle wrote:

The protectiveness of helmets degrades quite fast, you should replace your
helmet every couple of years as a matter of course, and immediately if you
drop it from around saddle height, even if it does not look damaged.


fragg - I don't work for a helmet manufacturer

But you might as well. Dropped from saddle height? I don't trust my head
to something that will fall apart when dropped from 4 feet! What do you
think those foam hats are made out of, glass? Toss it in the back of a
car, and you should replace it, by that reasoning.

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Ken wrote in message ...
Fraggle wrote in news:Xns93DC11C9146F5Fragglerock1
@195.129.110.200:
The protectiveness of helmets degrades quite fast, you should replace
your helmet every couple of years as a matter of course

Do you work for a helmet company?

Check my last post

So here is my explanation, which I cannot back up as google is not
providing the goods, so if you don't believe me fine.

Bike helmets work by crushing air filled polystyrene the hard shell
does no cushioning and if the styrene cracks it has much less power to
absorb your heads momentum (I guess because the fragments of helmet
are light and just move out the way)

over a period of years the nature of the material degrade such that
cracking is more likely than crushing, thus the helm is less
efficient. Dropping your helm from even a short height is somewhat
likely to start cracks in the styrene, which again will make cracking
of the shell more likely than crushing.

The hard heavy shell has no real protective benefit, which is why they
have been removed in more modern helms.

Helms are cheap and easy to replace, you brain is less so.

As I say believe me or don't. I won't reply again, as there are enough
helmet threads on Usenet as it is

Fragg

"Fraggle" babbled in message
om... a bunch of deletia.

The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.

"Fraggle" wrote

The hard heavy shell has no real protective benefit, which is why they
have been removed in more modern helms.

Riiight.

Pete

I suggest you contact Bell about this. I have heard, (but have no first
hand knowledge), that they are fairly liberal in replacing helmets.

Ernie

toobdood wrote:

I've got an old Bell V1 Pro helmet that has some broken straps. Do
shops sell replacement straps, or am I going to have to buy a whole
new helmet? Thanks...

toobdood wrote:

I've got an old Bell V1 Pro helmet that has some broken straps. Do
shops sell replacement straps, or am I going to have to buy a whole
new helmet? Thanks...

I have the original 1975 Bell helmet and the plastic thingy on each
strap broke long ago; I simply discarded them and tied (using a knot(tm))
a couple of straps from who-knows-where and tie it in a bow to fasten the
helmet. It works fine. The point of a helmet is to keep your head cool
by soaking up sweat (maxipad in forehead position) and shading you from
the sun. Wear a baseball cap under it to keep the bugs out of your hair.

Airflow over the hair is vastly overrated for cooling. You don't need it.
You have a thousand square meters of sweating skin elsewhere. Something
like that.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

On 19 Aug 2003 00:44:35 GMT, Fraggle wrote:

toobdood wrote in
:

I've got an old Bell V1 Pro helmet that has some broken straps. Do
shops sell replacement straps, or am I going to have to buy a whole
new helmet? Thanks...


New helmet time.

I agree with this conclusion, but I think your reasons are spurious.
It's new helmet time simply because the time and effort required to
find and replace broken straps, sewing on the buckles, etc., simply
isn't worth it. Go to the LBS and buy a $30-40 helmet instead!

Pat

Zoot Katz wrote in message ...
19 Aug 2003 06:34:20 GMT,
,
(R15757) wrote, in part:

I can buy barely worn Bell V1 Pro helmets from garage sales and thrift
store or less than the cost of new webbing. New pads are easy to fit.


What kind of replacement pads do you use? I tried getting some from
Bell a couple of years ago, but they had moved on to other things...

J. Cohn
(another good day to ride in) Honolulu, Hawaii

20 Aug 2003 13:01:10 -0700,
,
(J. Cohn) wrote:

What kind of replacement pads do you use? I tried getting some from
Bell a couple of years ago, but they had moved on to other things...

I grabbed an assortment of new replacement pads the bike shop was
throwing out and cut some to fit.
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zk