Originally Posted by
miles.lowry
I just purchased a new helmet, it has padding in it already. Also in the package were four little sponge things with sticky on one side. What are these sponges for? The directions didn't say anything about them.
Since nobody's answering yet...
The padding that's already in the helmet -- leave it there. It's basically Velcroed in -- you can remove it (carefully, so you don't also remove the "hook" pads that hold it in) and wash it out if it gets really grimy.
The four small pads are for customizing the fit. For the last helmet I used them with, I felt around for places where there was more of a gap between my scalp and the helmet, then used the pads to fill those gaps. They ended up relieving a pressure point on the very top of my head, and it was definitely more comfortable.
I haven't used such pads on any helmet I've bought since, but for that one, it worked well.