I'll chime in on the praise for Buffs.

I too have hair that's too short for a ponytail, so I wear a buff cut in half as a large headband, it holds back my hair and covers a good part of it under my helmet. The material is very thin so it doesn't add any bulk under the helmet to speak of, and it doesn't make my head sweaty. My hair comes out after a ride looking reasonably OK, way better than helmet hair at least.

It won't fray when cut in half, which makes it a much better size to use as a headband.

Plus then you have two for when you inevitably misplace one.


I still have the Amici Veloci buff that Floyd Landis signed back on his "Poor meee I'm innocent" speaking tour - it's in pristine condition. I'm thinking of cutting it up to make lots of headbands.