Originally Posted by
TreyWestgate
I wanted to know if I could buy an adult bike helmet from Walmart when it comes time to replace mine.
They fit really well and cost up to 60$ less than a specialized or a Giro thing and they seem fairly thick and durable enough, but of course nobody would know until you crash and you are dead in the head or not.
I just wanted to know if this was safe and if I could save the cash and still get the safety I would get out of a 50 or 80 or 100$ helmet?.
I'm not qualified to jump into the debate about "safety".
When it comes to comfort, my observation of the low-end helmet I bought at Wal-mart once when I left mine behind and needed a helmet at 6 am on a Sunday morning was that the straps and the interior framework weren't as comfortable as those on my more expensive, bike-shop helmets, but were certainly acceptable - and a couple of minutes of creative padding would easily fix those issues (although I never did that).