I was in a fairly serious accident. No cars were involved. Extremely windy day over corrected, went over the handlebars. Hit my head a couple times, four broken ribs, punctured lung. Glad I had my helmet on. Here’s the damage to my helmet.
by Silverporsche993
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get a new one
That was a real nice helmet. Emphasis on was. Now it’s just a nice reminder.
It probably saved you. Get well soon, buddy!
Check Kask for [crash replacement](https://www.kask.com/en-us/crash-replacement.html). You can get 40% off if it’s within 2 years from purchase.
Glad you’re okay!
26 years ago I did something very similar: no cars, over the handle bars, broken ribs, clavicle, scapula, punctured lung; was NOT knocked out.
Giro. That’s what I buy my kids.
Here’s a link to Virginia Tech’s helmet rating program, really important work they’re doing:
[Helmet Ratings](https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/)
Helmet did it’s job. If you weren’t wearing this helmet, the crack could’ve been on your skull. Check the manufacturer, they may have a helmet replacement policy.
Good helmet
Hang it on the wall forever
ON the way to helmet Valhalla
Glad you’re posting through it, OP. Swift recovery to you.
Did it’s job! Lucky dude. Hang that one on the wall and find a nice new lid
I did the same in 2020, was riding at night and my tire got caught in a crack. Went over the handlebars, broken ribs and a broken helmet. No concussion. Helmet is hanging on the wall above my bikes in my garage as a thanks/reminder.
I hope you have a smooth recovery and can get back on soon.
Were you going downhill? I can’t imagine how else you would have rolled like that.
I was riding home yesterday when it started raining. I live in SF, so that means I’m going down hills with congested streets and anxious drivers. At one point someone tried to cut in front of me and make a last second right turn, forcing me to break suddenly. I slid on the surface and the tail of my bike whipped and I nearly lost it and would have slid into the side of their car had I not had plenty of experience with wet roads, body control, and selfish drivers before. But on a wet road there’s just no way to guarantee safety. When I got home I was researching new helmets and the effect that going from 25 mph to an immediate 0 has on the body…
Have a swift recovery OP!
Reminds me of one of my favorite videos.
I love helmets:
https://youtu.be/b9yL5usLFgY
Better a cracked helmet than a cracked skull
Wishing you a speedy recovery. That helmet seems to have saved you a lot of strife.
Before reading the caption, I thought this was one of those posts saying “do I need a new helmet?”. I was fully prepared to lambast you. You do need a new one, but I’m sure you know that.
Good job helmet!
I might argue that multiple helmets are cooler than multiple bikes
Oh thank god. Figured this was a, “do I need to replace my helmet?” post.
Sorry to hear about your ribs and lung, but good thing you were wearing a helmet or you might not be able to post about it.
I bought a $150 fox speedframe and a cheap $360 bike from Walmart. Made a post about it yesterday and everybody lost their collective shit I didn’t forgo the helmet and spend more on a used $600 bike.
I don’t care about peak performance, but I do care about protecting my head. Hope you make a quick and full recovery.
BIN IMMEDIATELY
Even if the damage wasn’t as obvious as this I would be throwing it in the bin.
Wow, all that energy going into not your head. This is great
Glad you’re “ok”, how’s the bike?
I had a similar accident, got a crash replacement on my helmet (looks like Kask has one, worth looking into). The store I swapped mine out for kept my old one and put it on one of their mannequins… a pretty harsh reminder when I go back in there (but it was cracked pretty badly).
Now I am second thoughts about going for 3rd cheapest helmet
Speedy recovery! Nice job by the helmet