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I stacked it last week, going round a roundabout, and slipping out on diesely/salty slime on the roads. My shoulder took the brunt of the impact, but in the process, I broke my helmet.
I'm therefore shopping for a new one, but I've got no idea what to go for. There seems to be a vast range in price from £15 to £150, but the weird thing is that the expensive ones don't seem to offer any more protection than the cheap ones. They all conform to EN1078, so what's the advantage of the more expensive ones? You would have thought that the more expensive ones would have some kind of claim of better protection, but the opposite seems to be true, as they've got more holes in them than the cheaper ones.
My head diameter is about 58cm. What should I spend, and what should I buy? Confused.com