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Old 06-19-09, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Absolute
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I would advise against a yard sale helmet.
Agreed, do NOT skimp on your noggin. I'm speaking as someone that has had his head hit the road crashing at around 30 MPH, and without a good, proper protecting helmet, likely wouldn't be posting this.

A helmet is only good for one crash, and no more. You don't know if the yard sale helmet is a crash survivor, or how old it is, which is another factor. The Styrofoam loses it's ability to attenuate impact over the period of a few years.

Here's Nashbars "Helmets on Sale" page. Look here.

http://www.nashbar.com/webapp/wcs/st...http:ClickInfo
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