Current recommend for a helmet?

On Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 11:48:23 AM UTC-8, N8N wrote:
On Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 10:28:40 AM UTC-5, Duane wrote:
N8N wrote:
Good afternoon all,

was just cleaning up when I picked up my bike helmet and one of the
plastic bits just cracked in my hand. Guess it's time for a new one;
especially when I look at it and see a 2008 manufacture date (do as I say
not as I do.) Pretty sure it's a Trek "Vapor".

What to buy? It's not like I can just run down to my LBS and start
trying them on, although if I knew what I wanted, I'm sure I could get it
from them to toss them a little bit of business, but it's all curbside
pickup and by appointment now.

Would like something well ventilated as I'm a damnyankee living south of
the Mason-Dixon, so most of the year it's warmer already than I'd prefer.
Affordable is a plus.

thanks for any advice.


First advice is “duck!�

Second is if the helmet that you had lasted 12 years and you can’t try new
ones, maybe the same model?
That was actually my first thought, but it looks like were I to buy one, it'd be NOS. Doesn't look like Trek even sells their own branded helmets anymore, they are all "Bontrager". Plus, I'm sure advances have been made in the last 10 years. Is there a go to for a relatively inexpensive roadie helmet with good ventilation?
The Q-cell helmet has better ventilation than most helmets these days. Rather than vents the padding is itself a vent.