How to properly maintain a bicycle helmet

Every riding enthusiast knows the importance of the helmet to ride safety, but we usually ignore the use and maintenance of helmets, the following to teach you how to maintain the helmet.

1, clean the helmet Helmets used for some time, they will lose luster, mainly by the sun's ultraviolet radiation and from the surrounding dust attached to the helmet caused, then, how to clean it. Wipe the helmet shell with a cloth dampened with water, or wash with a neutral detergent. It is advisable to wipe the surface of the helmet with a cotton cloth dipped in alcohol (industrial alcohol) or a white oil after each ride. Do not use hard cloth to wipe, and must not be used as gasoline, banana water and other organic solvents Jiang wash, so as not to damage the helmet material. It is recommended to use after each time to wash the lining, the lining soaked in the addition of detergent or detergent in the water, a few minutes after the hand a little rub a few times, then drift the net, dry. Do not force tear, so easy to lined behind the Velcro and lined with torn down, or even tear; can not machine wash, but can not use the brush brush, otherwise it will make the deformation of the loss of flexibility. 2, replace the lining liner with thickness of the points, you can adjust according to their own head type, each type of helmet has its own specific pad. 3, if the helmet was scratched, will often squeeze a little toothpaste on the scratches, with cotton repeatedly rub back and forth, big marks small, small is not obvious. 4, a long time, the edge of the shell is not the edge of the shell will become the potholes are not smooth, not deep down the place where the depression, with a screwdriver knife bit parts to force a little hard to concave around the protruding place, That is, the high place to go down and the same as the depression down. Remember to use the screwdriver to choose the circle and to move back and forth press, can not stay in a place to press. 5, head locking device This device is generally made of plastic, in the adjustment of the knob when the force is too large easy to damage, especially after the screw can not be screwed in the end. If you accidentally stained with sediment, be sure to wash away, otherwise the sediment into the device will damage the adjustment parts. 6, do not go out in the sun at noon, the best choice morning and afternoon. Fake one-piece helmet can not be exposed and rain, or will soon open plastic.