Comment on How do I figure out a fair price for a used bike + accessories?
Cad@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Low end bikes like that just don’t have much value used. They are generally considered disposable. Still if it is in good ridable shape you might get $50. Some times you cant give them away… Used helmets are iffy to the buyer. You never can be certain they are in good safe condition, even if they look nice. A nice camelback might be worth more than the bike and helmet!
NoneYa@lemm.ee 4 months ago
One of the things I learned in my motorcycle class was that motorcycle helmets have a 5-7 year life span and then are considered no longer good for protection because of the interior padding they use that degrades with time.
I’m sure bicycle helmets are no different to this rule except that the speed difference may play a factor to abide more closer to this when riding a motorcycle than a bicycle.
Atemu@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
All bicycle helmets I used had no functional padding to speak of. There were strips a few mm thick at the places where your head touches the helmet but I don’t think that’d be significant in a crash.