Originally Posted by
skye
The smart move is to just chuck the helmet altogether. It doesn't do anything more than a baseball cap to protect you, and is less than useless in a crash that might actually damage your head.
Go to a grocery store. Buy two melons. Return home. Place baseball cap on one melon and ape the cap in place. Drop baseball hat covered melon from eight feet so that the baseball cap hits first. Strap helmet over melon and drop helmet covered melon from eight feet so the helmet hits the pavemet first. Notice any difference between the melons after those impacts? When I did this as demonstrations the melons without the helmet all split open.
Cheers