Never place your helmet upside down on a hard surface...

[Lord Percy]

"... and don't use it to carry things in"

...and other sage titbits of nonsense groupthink pseudo-wisdom from know-alls who are parroting what they heard from other know-alls.

You really think a helmet designed to save your brain from impact with a wall at high speed is going to degrade into nothingness because you put your keys and gloves in it and place it upside down on a table?

Really? What next? Buy new boots every time you walk on a pointy stone?

Who invented this lie and why does it perpetuate? I first heard it about ten years ago, and again a few days ago. It baffled me as much then as it does now, and the know-all tone of the person telling me each time really grated me the wrong way. Care to spoon feed me and wipe my arse while you're at it with this level of infantilising?

Google brings up nothing on such helmet wisdom so it seems to be word of mouth only. Anyone else heard of this or encountered one of the know-alls? Or perhaps you are one of the know-alls?

[Nobby the Bastard]

The reason why I don't put my helmet down upside-down is because it rolls off...
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[Lord Percy]

My helmet goes in whatever direction is convenient. If it's holding keys and gloves - which it often is - it finds a way of sitting in a way that lets the keys and gloves not fall out.

And twice I have had motorcycle shop staff tut at me for doing so.

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[P.]

I don't put my gloves in because they've just had untold amounts of bugs/road shit/sweat/dirt/insert random mess here over them and I am gonna stick my head back in there. My hair is absolutely glorious... I won't ruin it.

I wouldn't put my keys in there, but then again keys are either in the bike or in my pocket... too big a chance for my 1 key to fuck off.

Helmet wise though, its essentially a hard football when it comes to transporting it.

[Lord Percy]

[P.]

No, and I agree.

My only caveat is if I put it upside down on my driveway...its likely to roll or scratch nicely, problem isn't so much the "cool grafix m8" getting scuffed, but the visor. Only problem I have with that.

[Ste]

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Portable helmet stands exist and can be used to easily stabilise and secure your lid.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Are they what ashtray manufacturers make instead of ashtrays these days?
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[MCN]

Stuff can fall in it.
The top ca get scratched.

I rubs real bikers fur the wrong way if they see a helmet sat sitting upside down too.
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[Bhud]

It kind of ties in with the "extended break from riding" thread. You've got to think for yourself. It's not just about bikes but about all things. I can show the controls (e.g. look at ebike promos and videos, and the language used to describe this stuff, and there will be something eerily familiar there). It all starts in the head. If you figure it out, keep it to yourself because everyone's too fond of their illusions to let you threaten them. When someone wants to make money, they adopt a "shepherd" position and you're expected to follow. Helmet manufacturers, bike manufacturers, bike gear, even motorsports. In fact, it's everything.

[Nobby the Bastard]

[stinkwheel]

I hang mine off the mirror. Is this bad?
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[Keithy]

[Lord Percy]

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[Nobby the Bastard]

[stinkwheel]

Someone once told me not to hang it off the mirror because it was somehow bad for them, might even have been my riding instructor. I'd bought a new shoei helmet which at the time was a hell of an expense for me. First time out, I very carefully put it down on the ground, open side down on top of my gloves. When I came back, the fucking bike had fallen off its stand right on top of it.

Ever since, I've hung them on the mirror. Except when I had the original mudguards on my 350 bullet, they had a deep valance on them so you could slot an open face lid neatly over the front mudguard.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Easy-X]

The only thing you can get wrong with helmets is allow them to roll off something and drop onto a hard surface. For example, badly placed on bike seat (while putting your gloves on) and tumbling onto the tarmac All these other things mentioned are either old wives tales or various spectrums of queerness, depending on your age group
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[MarJay]

It's your head, dude.

The reason you don't put gloves in is because the velcro will pull the liner. It's probably not going to affect the efficacy of the helmet in a crash, but it makes the helmet less comfortable. Keys are possibly some of the most unhygienic items you have, and yet you put them in a place you put your head?

The reason you don't put a lid upside down on a hard surface is that it'll roll away and get damaged.

I mean, if you want to take any other item worth between £100 and £500 and you want to leave it lying around on a concrete floor and fill it with your grocery shopping then go right ahead. Just remember a luxury watch or diamond necklace is not going to save your head in a crash. This isn't about 'being told what to do' it's about respecting your own possessions IMO.
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[blurredman]

Carrying beer in my helmet is often the only way for me now that the plastic can rings have disapeared and companies use shitty cardboard in their absense.
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[Ayrton]

Why would you want to put your helmet upside down? Seems like a good way for it to roll and scratch the visor. There's a perfectly good flat bit to place it on if you arent too lazy to flip it around

I'll put my gloves and maybe a drink or something in it when shopping though but I try not to cram thing in there.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[Lord Percy]

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