Hope everyone had a great weekend. It was beautiful and cool down South!

I'm upgrading my helmet. Current one is heavy and hot.

In looking at them this weekend, I noticed that there are dates inside.

Specifically I'm looking at the Giro Pneumo. The one that fit had a date of Sept 05. Somewhere I thought I heard that helmets had a shelf life, and that part of it was just the fact that the materials became brittle after time, even if they were not worn.

Am I crazy? Would you spend $140 on a helmet that was almost a year old?