My partner took a turn a little too fast, and the bike slid out from underneath her. A few scrapes and a bruise, but otherwise she’s perfectly intact. The bike needs some new bar tape, but otherwise fine.
She didn’t even realize that she had hit her helmet on the ground. This was the total damage to her helmet, didn’t know if this is enough to warrant a new helmet or not, requesting some advice.
by GuvNer76
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Eh, better be safe and pick up a new one. Could be fine, could not be, it’s impossible to tell
Helmets are a single-use item, with the “use” being *any* impact at all. Like, if you weren’t even wearing it and just happened to drop your helmet on the ground by accident from standing height, you would still need a new helmet. Any impact *at all*.
So if your partner actually had an impact from falling off the bike while in motion… 100% this is a helmet replacement
>A few scrapes and a bruise, but otherwise she’s perfectly intact.
Yes, thanks to the helmet. If the back of her head looked like the helmet does now, you would be describing the incident very differently.
Replace.
If it’s less than a year old, you should be able to get it replaced under Trek’s crash replacement warranty.
Replace it.
This is unambiguous. Replace.
All you will get from us is a guess, and a reason you shouldn’t guess.
Apparently some helmet makers will replace your helmet for free, after it’s been damaged protecting you in an accident
The reward for saving a life or serious brain damage the helmet gets to go to helmet heaven and be replaced immediately.
Guessing the helmet is on the older side anyway based on the Bontrager branding (it is all Trek now from what I can see), probably time for a new one.
I mean you have two roads, replace or don’t. People here are too fast to say replace. I see only plastic shell scratches, no visible foam impacts and the honeycomb looks intact.
You do you but id keep riding with it
// Edit before someone says bUT tHeRE iS FoAM dAMAge….yes most of it is just edge grinding ..I see maybe one compression mark if I squint but not enough to kill the function of the system.