Hair Poll

[Tuckervill]

Warning: thread hijack

You might check with your LBS--they might know some other women who are riding alone and want a riding buddy. Or maybe they'd let you post a flyer there. That's how my little club got started--by people finding each other at the LBS.

I ADORE the Katy Trail--I'll be watching for your report.

Hijack over.

There's no local bike shop. All of the nearby ones are on the interstate corridor to the east. There's a whole lot of farm country between there and here (about 30 miles worth). If you picture my town as the hub of a wheel, the other towns are along the corridor from north to south at the 1-4 o'clock positions. It's pretty much the same distance no matter which LBS I choose to visit--just time wise some are farther because of two-lane highways.

Why is any of that relevant? Because when I go to the beginner's ride at the 2 o'clock shop and meet new people, they are all surprised I drove all the way from my town to ride! They all think my town is really far away because they have no reason to go there (and most of them are transplants from the north who work at Wal-Mart HQ or for Wal-Mart vendors). It is really far away in some respects--it's all a matter of perspective. It goes both ways, too. Some people never leave my town of 20,000, because they think it's too far and the traffic is bad near the interstate (they've never been to a big city with real traffic, either).

I do frequent ALL of the bike shops, and there is a new one to the north now, and they cater to women, so that's handy. But the chance of meeting someone from my town who wouldn't have to drive to meet me is really slim. (There are some guys who ride, but I can't keep up with them.) I do better meeting folks on the local trail.

I didn't get my Katy Trail ride up because it was 3 am and I couldn't get the pics to load. I'm going to try again now.

Karen

[cosc]

Torrilin, my hair sounds like yours, long, straight,and no bangs to get in my face.
My daughter talked me into a shoulder length-layer and I found it cute but styling it took too much time, ended in my face -ugh, and I burned my hair from hot styling. I then took the easy way out and had a perm and that has now grown out. My natural brown hair is mostly grey that I dye. One of the -- of mature age. I always ride with a pony, but aka the suggestion of women in this forum tame it with more than one band which really keeps my hair out of the vision of my mirror when I ride.

[indigoiis]

I got the haircut, by the way. It's great. Kind of Geena Davis-y but shorter. Sort of (mostly) looks like this except maybe a little more 20's bob thing going...:

[teigyr]

CUTE!! It's amazing how a good haircut can change how your hair falls. Do you like it?

[indigoiis]

CUTE!! It's amazing how a good haircut can change how your hair falls. Do you like it?

Well, I like it pretty much. I'm no Wynona Ryder, so I don't have that whole cute punk spikey thing going that she does. Although I'd like to. Just don't have time in the morning.

My hair is a perpetual 1970's time machine, no matter how you slice it. Today, I have a crown cowlick and one side is all flipped back. This is the style it chose as it airdried on my way to work. *SIGH.*

But I bet that Winona's stylist totally laid on the gel for that photo.

And airbrushing. Nyeh.

(I feel better now that I star-bashed.)

[Dogmama]

I LOVE that style!

My hair is stick straight & fine. When I find a stylist who can cut it into something flattering, I don't care about the money. It's worth it to avoid the morning aggravation.