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How important is helmet material?
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[QUOTE="gospeedracer, post: 282692, member: 17307"] I'm going to be in the market for a new helmet soon. When I was shopping for my first helmet (the one I have now) a friend of mine at the time said to make sure I didn't get a plastic helmet. Since I was new to the sport, I took his advice and told the shop where I bought my helmet that I didn't want a plastic helmet. They proceeded to hand me the HJC helmet, so I take a look at the label, and see "Polycarbonate". That's plastic isn't it? I went with my Oneal helmet because it was Kevlar and Carbon Fiber. I've been looking at helmets and I find it's difficult to find an online site that shows the materials the helmet is made of. I just love the advertising for the Fox Pilot - [i]"Professional racers - Ezra Lusk, Ricky Carmichael, and James Dobb all depend on the Pilot... blah, blah, blah....."[/i] I don't give a rats ass that so and so wears this or that. I want to know what it's made of! Am I wasting time being concerned with this? Should I just make sure it's Dot and Snell approved? The new Oneal SL812 says it "exceeds SNELL 2000, D.O.T (and other foreign) saftey standards". So do some of the Shoei and Arai, but then I see this: So now I’m not sure what to think. The inside liner material is going to be important to me too. The liner of my helmet is kind of scratchy and on those multiple day rides when I’m taking my helmet off and putting it back on a lot it really hurts my face. I’m leaning towards the Arai for this reason alone. [/QUOTE]
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