Only agreed by people that want to sell you a new helmet. Even they only start the clock once you buy it, apparently it’s perfectly fine to sit in a warehouse for any time they like.
5 yrs is from the testing org rather than manufacturers. Still … didn’t see a good reason and most of my helmets will never get close to 5 yrs before a major crash anyway.
[boring answer] don’t all open face lids have to pass the same safety standard [\boring answer]
Yeah, it just “feels” wrong to me…
I would rather ride without any helmet rather than ride offroad gloveless.
Weirdly I’d have thought the same. It was only the impracticability of sterilising gloves led me to try