With all the sad news on here, I thought we could use a little comic relief.
So my favorite Scorpion EXO100 got killed in my get off this Spring. It wasn't completely dead, but wearing it around with deep grooves cut in the crown seemed like bad mojo (and paint wasn't going to make it better).
I bought a Bell Pit Boss and it's a good helmet, but it has this head retention device that grabs the back of your head, and can be adjusted with a thumb wheel (tighter/looser). But properly adjusted in back the front sits so low on my brow, it mashes my glasses down on my nose. And the retention device won't let me slide it up even a quarter inch.
Now like many, I have an assortment of older helmets lined up on a shelf in my bike shed, each covered with a helmet bag of some sort. A couple are so old they can no longer be considered safe for use, but 3 of them are still good helmets. So I decide to revisit them and maybe find one I like.
The first is too big, and I remember why I set it aside.
The second, I slap on my head and instantly have a large fistful of dust, dirt, old birdseed and the rest of an old mouse nest down my face and neck and down my shirt. I think there were some old dried out mouse turds in there too. There's probably no risk of henta virus in a 10-15 year old mouse nest, but I run for the hose and wash my head and face off anyway. When I get done laughing, I go back and inspect that helmet closer and see the mouse chewed up about half the foam insulation inside the helmet, so it goes in the dumper.
I got out the Bell Pit Boss, and cut off the head retention device in back entirely, and now it fits fine and doesn't mash my glasses down anymore.
Stupid thing!
