[AnthonyClayman]

The guy who is no 1 right now lives and bikes in Belgium…

[AnthonyClayman]

A helmet should be replaced about every 2 years. The foam degrades and the reality is that when you need it, you want it to do its job. Be glad that it happened off the bike. I have been hit by a car and the only reason I can do anything is that my helmet (a Louis Garneau) took some of the impact.
I now have a WaveCel. So far, we have not met the pavement together so I can’t speak for how it will serve me. I would not use it in the summer. I wear it below 50 degrees. Way too hot otherwise. I have a MIPS Lazer for the warm weather. Testing shows that both MIPS and WaveCel offer some added protection but I will toss both after 2 years. You only have 1 brain and the concussion and dizziness that followed my accident is something I never want to repeat.

[AnthonyClayman]

That can happen to any bike. $10,000 to $400 job from WalMart. I had it happen on my very expensive Specialized. If you accidentally bang the derailleur it can bend the derailleur hanger and then when the chain is on the top of the cassette it hits a spoke and bam, its over. Lucky if you don’t wreck, let alone have any hope of saving the wheel. When I lube up my chain I take a second to look at the hanger from behind to see if somehow it has bent.

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