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Community => Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) => Topic started by: Matt2matt2002 on January 15, 2017, 11:57:47 pm
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Apart from my new binoculars I splashed the Xmas cash on a new helmet today.
I've been using my previous one for 3+ years so sun and weather will have taken its toll on the plastic.
Anyone have any thoughts on what to do with old helmets which have probably passed their safe use by date?
Indeed, is there any way to test an old helmet for safety?
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Hanging basket for the garden?
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any polystyrene recyclers in your area?
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it will be fine use it for winter months use the new one when the sun comes out .im using the sme helmet this 10 years.
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Hey mind that head anto its probably been compromised
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Hey mind that head anto its probably been compromised
Im referring to your helmet being compromised BTW
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i crashed on it 2 times its cracked but im still using it Aji.
cant afford a new one .
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That helmets no good anto! Forget the computer and the other stuff you're thinking about buying and get a cheap Elmet.
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i know they say once it was crashed its useless but it's still in good nick believe it or not . the make is briko expensive helmet its double skinned hardshell outside foam inside .
aji it will be grand ;)
heading out for a spin shortly no choice but to ware me dodgy helmet wish me luck. ;)
anto.
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Good luck anto! Compulsory helmet laws..govt should spend more money on better cycling infrastructure, that's safer.
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I discarded one a year ago that was pretty worn.
Generally I have used my oldest most worn helmets for trips that involve transport where a helmet could get damaged while in transport, I would rather damage an old one than a brand new one. Last time I bought a new helmet, the one that I had been using got relegated to trips while I use the new one around home on a frequent basis.
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i always ware a helmet aji but like everything else in this world there over priced so a fella like me is going to use the one i have until it falls apart .
i'm just in from a 50 km spin roads are terrible .
man i suffered like a dog the last 10 k m , my feet were screaming at me i think it's the shoes there not the ones i usually ware on the road bike ,my bad back was in agony .
think i'm going to have to adjust a few things. i have the new audax set up exactly the same as my road bike height reach but there's something wrong somewhere i should not be in this much pain ?
anto??
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sounds serious anto! hope you get it sorted out!
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Thanks aji went out today different shoes this time suffered like a dog stopped after 10 miles adjusted the cleats not much better,
so i'm going to try my time pedals off the dolan use road shoes fingers crossed that works.
i pm the bikefit studio to see if they can sort me out there going to ring me tomorrow only problem there is 120euro i need to get . ::)
i have the audax set up exactly like the dolan so by all accounts it should feel exactly the same :-\ or am i missing something.
anto.
hate to think i'll be selling my new baby.
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Fingers crossed anto!
I think you're going to get it right.
Which baby you going to sell?
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hopefully none. :'(
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Never liked my feet clipped into pedals, that why I like flat pedals. I know your bike is a different beast.
Bob
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Powergrips are ok imo
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I would find it hard to ride flat pedals the clipless are great Im not set up right can't put my finger on it but the4es something amiss,I need the probike lads to sort me out.
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tell em no fix no fee
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Helmet? that's for wimps. Those expensive beer coolers are a placebo, at best, :D
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Helmet? that's for wimps. Those expensive beer coolers are a placebo, at best, :D
no compulsory helmet laws where you are pavel?
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it will be fine use it for winter months use the new one when the sun comes out .im using the sme helmet this 10 years.
Wait until you fall off 1
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fell many a time still here . :)
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Flower pot.
There - I've returned the thread to the subject - don't want to get into the Helmet Question.
I'd rather discuss Britext.
;)
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sorry about that Matt britext has the irish government is in a tissy don't want to see a return to borders :'(
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There - I've returned the thread to the subject - don't want to get into the Helmet Question.
Bless you, Matt!
I'd rather discuss Britext. ;)
Augggggh! :o
Politics and religion are tame compared to the helmet issue but still polarizing and divisive, so best addressed in another forum.
Bicycles! Ah, bikes. There we go, bikes and weather. There's a common addiction to the former and a common acceptance of the latter. ;)
All the best,
Dan.
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Helmet? that's for wimps. Those expensive beer coolers are a placebo, at best, :D
If there were I'd sell the bike, give up on it for all times, and motor along in my Miata, feeling free.