What do you do with your hair?

[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?

[marni]

rei carries them but they aare on line also and have a wild variety of prints, themes, colors, weights etc. I have one that is a sheep being abducted up to an alien space ship, another which has many many with one wolf along with a couple of lovely botanical prints.

marni

[nerdgirl]

I have super long hair (it is down to my waist). I braid it and wear a head rag. Never had a problem with either a XC helmet or a FF helmet.

[marni]

a woman I ride with also .has a long braid which she doubles up after it comes out of the bottom of the helmet and then stuffs the tip back into the back of her helmet leaving a large decorative loop of hair, but as she says, at least the end isn't around and flipping into her eyes.

marni

[Chile Pepper]

Thanks for the tip about REI. I'll look there next time I'm in the area.