What do you do with your hair?

[Catrin]

I finally found someone who could cut my hair short and know what to do with the calics that I have - and I have quite a few! I've fine, wavy hair and for the first time in 50 years I have a short cut that I LIKE. I don't need more than my hands and a little gel to style it - and the helmet doesn't do too many bad things to it - at least not what a bottle of water can't solve.

We haven't had temps above 87 yet that I have cycled in, but I suspect that I don't yet drink enough. My hair and bike clothes get sweaty, but it doesn't run like it does when I work out with my trainer... I am sure that the wind from cycling does evaporate some of that, but I have expected to sweat more.

[Crankin]

Bike Chick, my head and hair are totally sweated up (that's not a word, according to my computer), always. It doesn't matter what the temperature is. Wearing a buff, cap, etc. doesn't really help at all. It might make my hair a bit drier, but I really only wear a head cover for warmth in the cold.
I have seen those women who look totally dry, with smooth, shiny, straight hair after doing a hard ride. I guess they just don't sweat the way I do. I have one kid who rarely sweats and one who is like me, so I guess there's a general variability in this trait.

[Bike Chick]

I guess you are right, Crankin. 3 of the women looked like they just stepped out of their car, not off their bikes after riding 30 miles. This is generally the case though and have often wondered how certain women manage to look so fresh. Must be good sweat genes

It is easier now that I have found someone to cut my hair correctly. Like you said, Catrin, I just bend over and run my hands through it and shake my head a little bit. Easy. Zen, I'd give you his name if you wanted to drive over.

[zoom-zoom]

Ha, this is why I ALWAYS wear something under my helmet. I sweat like a horse...I always have. I have to wear something on my head when I run, too. When I first started running I actually developed eczema around my eyes...I am literally allergic to my own sweat. During the winter I get sweatsicles off my hair. It's equally disgusting and cool.

[MommyBird]

I do not like things on my head. I have dealt with migraine headaches all my life and head pressure is one of the triggers. A mixed blessing is that a blood pressure med that has been highly effective for my HBP the past 6 or 7 years also has reduced my migraines tremendously in strength and quantity.

My son has a buff and I would like to try one but the helmet is about all I can handle in the heat. I can only stand an ear band when it is cold.

I have chin length hair on the top and front that tappers to short stacked hair in the back. I pay an obscene amount of money but I get a ton of compliments. I do not have good hair so my stylist has got to be something special and worth it if I am getting compliments!

I am a sweaty head and get no compliments after a ride though.

Because my hair is so short in the back, neck heat is not an issue for me. This cut allows me to have a feminine look in the front and short, cool, easy hair in the back.

Sounds like the opposite of a mullet now that I think about it. Business in the back but party in the front!

[TrekTheKaty]

Fine, curly, chin-length hair here. BUFF! I cut mine into two--then fold over. I wear low on my forehead so it catches "most" of the sweat (sunblock not required on forehead--YOUCH). It leaves me a little more presentable when I take off my helmet--but nowadays we go in for our "coffee to go" with helmets on. People don't even look twice--at the helmet anyway--the tight shorts, crazy jersey and clicky shoes get all the attention.

Allergic to your own sweat--that STINKS!

[marni]

in addition to sweating inside my ears, my head sweats a lot, which is one of the many reasons that I wear my hair in a buzz. Here in Houston, I end up riding in temperatures rather than cooler temps so I invariably end up standing in a puddle of sweat, leaving sweaty foot prints and looking like I just stepped out of the shower. Wet slick look- got that down pat.

marni

[ScaldedCat]

I got tired of my hair the way it was, midway down my back, dark blonde, dead straight and layered. It was a pain under my helmet, a pain generally while exercising and just boring so I recently had a really short pixie crop and coloured it dark violet.

[GLC1968]

Count me in as a buff wearer, too. I have a huge head of hair - it's curly, wavy and pretty much always out of control. Except when my hair was buzz cut short, I've always worn a buff under my helmet.

And for those who get hot (I do), soak it in water and THEN put it on your head - AH! Coolness!

I sweat quite a bit, but I'm rarely super sweaty when I finish a ride because around here, the air is quite dry and it evaporates. I have been known to run into the bathroom to wash the salt crystals out of my eyes or off my upper lip though!

[Chile Pepper]

OK--I'm convinced. I'd like to try a buff on my newly short hair (it's between chin and shoulder length). So, where do I get one? Are they commonly available in bike shops? Are similar products just as good, or do I need to seek out a proper Buff?