How to maintain your bike helmet Care Tips and Tricks

Helmet is one of the important bike accessories for every bike rider. It keeps the head safe and secure from external injury in case of accident. Thus, it becomes important for us to care well for our helmets.

The helmet will offer optimum protection when it will be in its best state. Both exterior and internal part of the helmet combinedly plays an important role in keeping our head safe. So, we should keep a regular check and ensure our helmet is in its best state.

For its external part we need to inspect and ensure it has no signs of damage and cracks on it. Whereas, for the internal part we need to go through multiple parameters. It involves checking for internal cushioning, covering fabric, helmet closure, fungus etc. We can easily take care of our helmet by performing a few simple checks and cleaning methods.

Here's the list of few bike helmet care tips:

Avoid unnecessary external pressure

Try to keep your helmet safe from external force or pressure. It is because frequent external pressure can lead to deformation and even crack your helmet.

Check of damages

Try to keep a frequent check on signs of damage to your helmet. In case of minor scratches, you can continue using it. Whereas in case of a major crack you should get it replaced. In case, the internal cushioning damages then you can go for additional padding for the helmet. The damaged internal padding should never be ignored as it plays an important role to protect the head.

Store the helmet in favorable climatic conditions

Never store your helmet under too hot climatic conditions. This thing is always mentioned in every helmet maintenance guide. It is because at times some elements of our helmet are stuck together with the help of glue. This glue can melt under extremely hot weather conditions. As a result, those elements will separate out. Ideally, we should store our helmet in a normally cool place that is dry.

Avoid spraying paints

Do not spray paints on your helmet as the chemicals in the paints can damage the polycarbonate shell and inner foam. In case you participate in a race or have to frequently change colors then try using colored stickers.

Never stick any protruding thing on your helmet

We should never stick any protruding thing on the outer part of the helmet. It is because this will create stress on the outer body of our helmet. This in turn can damage your helmet.

Clean your helmet frequently

We should frequently clean our helmets like our other daily accessories. For cleaning motorbike helmets simply dip it in a detergent solution and remove the dirt with the help of hands or un-abrasive sponge. To clean air vents we can use a toothbrush.

Conclusion:

So, these were few helmet care and cleaning tips. Hope you find this helpful in extending helmet lifespan. For a new helmet feel free to explore our exclusive range of steel bird helmets.