Ponytail problems - WDYD?

[trista]

I have shoulder-length hair that in the summer, I pull back in a ponytail and pull thru my helmet. But when i wear a balaclava now in the cold weather, I can't pull my pony tail thru. So I end up with this lump in the back of my head. If I don't pull my hair back before putting on the balaclava, it gets itchy on my neck.

What do you do with your hair under a balaclava?

[KnottedYet]

Cut it off.

Seriously.

When my hair gets long enough that it is driving me crazy, I chop it off.

Another (less drastic) option is to buy a Buff, and cut a hole in the appropriate spot. Buffs don't seem to unravel very fast, so you may not need to hem the hole. Pull the ponytail through the hole, use the buff like a balaclava.

or cut off the hair...

[Cataboo]

I do a french braid.

My hair drives me nuts if it's not long enough for me to put it up in a bun to get it out of my way or to keep my neck warm when I'm cold.

[lph]

When I had hair that long I'd put it in a regular tight ponytail until I had everything on and settled, then I'd loosen the ponytail, pull whatever I had on my hair out a bit until the lump wasn't a problem. But I have pretty fine hair that doesn't take much space.

[Kiwi Stoker]

Go to a sewing alteration store and ask them to cut a slit in the balaclava and then hem/overlock in the edges.

Thread ponytail thorugh after putting it on.

[malkin]

+1 for cutting a slit in the balaclava. Finish the edge somehow and give it a generous squirt of Fray-Check.

[Bike Writer]

comes ready made for pony tails http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/women-fleece-balaclava-shoreline-reviews

[soprano]

Is it long enough to braid? A braid will cause lots less trouble under the balaclava.

[malkin]

If it is a fleece balaclava you won't even need to do anything to the hole.

[sempernova]

http://reviews.lululemon.com/7834/W_Luon_Running_Cap/reviews.htm

This one works for me!!!

[nscrbug]

I cut a slit in nearly all of my head coverings to accommodate my ponytail. However, I also wear a Giro Prolight helmet, which has a very nice elastic band at the back of the head instead of the usual plastic cinching devices that you normally find on bike helmets. Because of this elastic band that "gives", I don't feel that lump of ponytail on my head. But usually I just pull it through the slit that I cut in my hats and beanies.

[trista]

Oh duh, I never thought to cut a slit! I'm a seamstress, so i can overlock if needed. I also never thought of a french braid, and here i french braided my hair every day for 4 years when i was in the army.

I'm going to try the french braid and if i that doesn't work out, i'll put a hole in the balaclava (and the wool buff - I wear both. It is freeeeezing in indiana). Thanks!!

[Koronin]

I usually put my hair in a pony tail at the base of the neck.

[indigoiis]

My problem is my hair gets really, really sweaty (not smelly sweaty, just after-40-hot-stuff-wet sweaty.) So I put a low ponytail at the base of my neck and pull it back halfway through to do a little half bun, so that when I get to work and brush my hair out, it dries with a nice little swing at the bottom. With the pony tail holder low below the helmet, it doesn't bother anything - maybe a little lump in the balacava but nothing major.

[sundial]

I pull the end of the ponytail up and over my head--kinda like a modified Donald Trump style for cycling. That way it's not in contact with my neck. Another thing that I do is wear a women's polar fleece fly fishing cap with ear flaps and a ponytail cut out and pair it with a winter Buff to cover my nose, mouth and throat.

[malkin]

Oh duh, I never thought to cut a slit! .... Thanks!!


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