Most of them had no signs of ever being used.

I suppose if it were new and in a box, I would go with a Goodwill helmet. Not sure I would go with an well used one, though. If it were really clean, but not in box, I might check the date on the inside of the helmet.

Having been one who has tested helmets (twice with direct contact to ground) I am in the camp of one helmet and I replace it every 5 years. I don't have a lot upstairs but I am not going to risk it to a helmet from Goodwill. Just my .02 :)

I think the benefits gained by using multiple helmets would be offset by the difficulty in securing them to your head
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Glad the helmet did its job! I've done a couple headers into trees, but not hard enough to crack a helmet.

Two. The first one is a plain vented helmet that would normally be the only one I'd own. The second is a helmet I got from the local bike share for signing up before they launched. I keep it at work for those times when I use bike share, or that one weird day when I somehow left for work without putting a helmet on. Unfortunately, its the same as the helmets you rent, so wearing it on my own bike makes me look like I stole it. I got a cover for it.

I figure if one is good, three are better ... but I had to lengthen the straps on the top two.

I use the spare as a basket - just sling it over the handlebar. Sometimes I hang it from my neck and store snacks in it. Nothing hot or liquid, just some fruit roll ups, granola bars, nachos, things like that.

Let's see.

Cheap Bell Solar, which is the winter helmet I use over a balaclava when it's really cold.

2 Spesh Echelons, one of which I should retire due to age.

A Giro Aeon, which is a bad fit for my head, but it can be tolerated on rides of about 1-1/2 hours.

Lazer Genesis in team colors, which is far and away the pick of the litter. :thumb:

I have my first Lazer Genesis in my shed, which was involved in a pretty hard crash. It still looks brand new. I guarantee that you will find no sign that it was involved in a crash, no matter how carefully you look. ;)

How much you want for it?

Post some Good pics of it.

Let me see how much it costs to ship. I wouldn't think of charging you for a crashed helmet.

Just 1 helmet for me, but it's a good one.

I have a son who suffered sever head trauma in an accident while driving a truck at work. Had he been wearing a hard hat, his injury would not have been so severe. NOT wearing a helmet while riding a bike is not an option for me. I have 2, a standard type road bike helmet, and one my wife hates, like a skateboarder brain bucket. That's my winter one, not enough vents for riding on hot summer days.

How did you crash into something with your shed? or ... did you crash into your shed with your bike? I hope your shed wears a good helmet.

2: One for road and one for mountain (full face.)

I have 1. I wear it maybe 75% of the time. Never for casual riding. I don't see any reason to own more than 1 helmet. When I get a new one, I'll take a baseball bat to the current one.

Yeah, thanks for pointing out my horrendous sentence structure there. :D

My head was involved with a pretty hard crash onto pavement, occasioned by the front end of a Lexus SUV that ran a stop sign.