More on helmets or, How helmets saved my brain...

Here are but two of the many helmets that I owe my current cognitive ability to. I can't count how many helmets have performed their role in protecting my brain during crashes on and off the track. Dozens, I suspect. I used to continue using some helmets, even after a crash or two. If they didn't have any external indication of damage, or just a minor "crack in the paint" I'd continue the season with it. Nobody ever checked helmets during amature flat track racing days. Once I started road racing it was another story, and in fact I had to update a couple times. These two helmets are wall hangers now.

A brand new HJC, after a low side crash in T1a at Loudon.

I hadn't even noticed this scuff

But I sure noticed this, and the visor scratch

I got several races and dirt rides out of this Fox helmet

Until a nasty 2nd gear WFO high side crash coming out of T4 at the Cuddebackville dirt oval. That was a true bell ringer.