Sorry mate, but you’re wrong. If you drop a lid from two foot onto a concrete floor it should be replaced.
They are only designed to stand one impact. If the outer shell hadn’t cracked you’d have made the potentially fatal mistake of assuming it was OK when it wasn’t.
Whilst damaging your wallet Roof have probably helped you out.
The real moral of the story is don’t hang your helmet on your bars, look after it, so that it can look after you.
if its showing any fibres its fecked, and as said 2ft drop is more than enough to cause compression on the EPS liner, plus as yours has damaged the outter shell= bolloxed
I had an arai drop from the seat and roll down pit lane at brands, a slight scuff where it initially hit the floor but other than that it was still in good condition with no damage to the shell. Still have it and use it occasionally :Whistling:
According to Arai, there is no need to replace a helmet just by dropping it a couple of feet. Obviously it needs some common sense and if you feel doubtful, then replace it, but to say it ALWAYS should be replaced for a simple drop (without your head in) isn’t true.
now i know it looks like a scratch but believe me it is not, can get fingernails under top layer etc.
i will also put some other pics in comparrison, bought a new agv helmet sunday and got knocked off bike yesterday, full force of me/head hitting ground and crash hat and has only scratche, dont worry will replace new 1 now too, aaaarrrggghhhh, lol.
I recall Mcn doing drop test (article) at various heights then to destruction, they got them up to quite some height, before any were effected by minor drops…
Saying that if it’s cracked feck that, dropped my Arai Rx7 a couple of times from a low height, no visible damage! Still wearing it :Whistling:
Hi Choprocker Id like to know, did you or the shop get a response from Roof?
Id like to know how you get on with this as I have a Roof Boxer R which I bought a few months back when the weather was nice. If a fall from a few feet cracked it wht would happen in a full on collision? Have you or the shop got back to Roof and what was there response?
Regards
Mcnorthernal
Id like to know if you or the shop got intouch with roof and what did they say. I bought a roof boxer r a few months ago and now im concerned about how it would protect me if I had a proper bang npt just from a few feet.
i have heard nothin as of yet, i gave them a while to respond b4 posting and i also phoned the shop and spoke to them.
what was odd when it hit the floor it sounded hollow, i wonder if was faulty with inner padding/protection, i presume it is suppose to be solid and outer shell touching inner etc.