from the bicycle helmet safety institue... when to replace a helmet

Bell now recommends every three years, which seems to us too short. They base it partially on updating your helmet technology, but they have not been improving their helmets that much over three year periods, and we consider some of their more recent helmets to be a step backwards, so we would take that with a grain of salt...In sum, we don't find the case for replacing a helmet that meets the ASTM or Snell standards that compelling if the helmet is still in good shape and fits you well.


I'll bet the CPSC gets it's recomondation for replacement of helmets from helmet manafactuers