i crashed and almost died today
So, i was entering the seros parking lot when my rear tire got clipped by a parking spot pillar.
naturally, i went out of control, and i finally crashed down to the ground.
next thing i know, i’m rolling over, feeling pain. I get back up, check to make sure my bike and glasses are okay, they’re fine. I look at my arm, it’s bloody. I walk my bike back to seros, and get access to their bathroom to wash up my cuts.
I wash up, they ask me if i’m okay. I tell them I’m okay.
I go back out, put my helmet on, start the trip back home.
I get home, still feeling pretty bad, take a look at my helmet and discover that the crash cracked it in 3 places. one on the front, two on the side. A few little pieces of gravel are actually sticking into the helmet.
If that damage was done to my helmet, how bad would it be if i fell without one?
I sent an email to giro. Maybe they’ll replace it. Kinda sucks that it got that screwed up after only one crash.
I really doubt they’ll replace a helmet. It did it’s job! I do quite a bit of cycling and all I have to show for it is some tiny, really faint now, scares on my leg a scar on my arm and shoulder…I’ve never actually broken my helmet; though I have just replaced it as it was getting old and there was a crack in it!
Comment by Thomas — Sun, Aug 27th, 2006 @ 2:52 pm
Yeah. I was wondering if they’d really replace it also.
That is what they are for. I never read on the warranty papers that they replace if it is applied to the use it was designed for
Comment by Tony Bucher — Sat, Sep 2nd, 2006 @ 4:06 pm