New helmet for old

[BianchiVirgin]

Got to realising today that my current Giro skid-top is coming nine years old. Suggested replacement age is 3 apparently, which in think is daft and OTT. Looks perfectly fine but could be degraded by age at this stage despite being stored in its original box. However, my bonce is worth more so I ordered new today. What does anyone else do for these types of time related replacements?
How to dispose of the old one?

 

[Tin Pot]

1. Drop it from waist height onto the pavement.

2. Watch it crack open

3. Post picture on FaceBook, YouTube , DailyMail about how this dried out husk of plastic SAVED YOUR LIFE!!!!?!,!?!?!?!

4. Profit.

 

[Katherine]

Hanging baskets ?
https://goo.gl/images/g9fqhq

 

[Tin Pot]

Hanging baskets ?
https://goo.gl/images/g9fqhq

I might give that a go...

 

[FishFright]

Time to replace it after that long.

 

[C R]

1. Drop it from waist height onto the pavement.

2. Watch it crack open

3. Post picture on FaceBook, YouTube , DailyMail about how this dried out husk of plastic SAVED YOUR LIFE!!!!?!,!?!?!?!

4. Profit.

You missed the ? Step.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Got to realising today that my current Giro skid-top is coming nine years old. Suggested replacement age is 3 apparently, which in think is daft and OTT. Looks perfectly fine but could be degraded by age at this stage despite being stored in its original box. However, my bonce is worth more so I ordered new today. What does anyone else do for these types of time related replacements?
How to dispose of the old one?

A mere 9 years? Mine is 18 yrs old, so theoretically I should have changed it in 2003 and be on my sixth helmet by now? I shall post a b&w photo of it in due course.

 

[Drago]

I can better that. I'm still on my original skull after almost 50 years!

 

[classic33]

I can better that. I'm still on my original skull after almost 50 years!

Can beat that. Origional skull, 50 plus years.

True there's one or two cracks in it at present, but they'll heal themselves.

 

[classic33]

Got to realising today that my current Giro skid-top is coming nine years old. Suggested replacement age is 3 apparently, which in think is daft and OTT. Looks perfectly fine but could be degraded by age at this stage despite being stored in its original box. However, my bonce is worth more so I ordered new today. What does anyone else do for these types of time related replacements?
How to dispose of the old one?

I gave one away, ended up as the base of an Easter Bonnet. Easier than using only card I was told after.

 

[Vantage]

ignore those with nothing worth protecting.

This isn't the helmet discussion forum so don't go reporting it children.

You have to see the irony in those statements surly?

 

[Drago]

Can beat that. Origional skull, 50 plus years.

True there's one or two cracks in it at present, but they'll heal themselves.

Aye, mine has got rather faded and crusty with age.

 

[Tin Pot]

I can better that. I'm still on my original skull after almost 50 years!

Actually, you have a newer, thinner model:

The skeleton is constantly replacing itself, explains Dr Peter Selby, an osteoporosis expert based at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

It takes around ten years to do this completely.

Old bone is broken down by cells called osteoclasts and replaced by bone-building cells known as osteoblasts.

At any one time we have a mixture of old and new bone as the turnover rates differ throughout the body.

But when we hit middle age this renewal process slows down, so our bones tend to get thinner, which is why osteoporosis sets in.

 

[steveindenmark]

I can better that. I'm still on my original skull after almost 50 years!

One slightly damaged owner

 

[classic33]

I found the first bike helmet that I ever purchased, circa 1985 or thereabouts, in my garage recently. I put it in the bin.

You've not seen @Katherine's post about hanging baskets?