Hair Poll

[dex]

Mohawk. Pink.

It hangs just past the shoulders in the back if I leave it down, so I just pull it back with a ponytail elastic and pop on my helmet when I want to ride.

[RoadRaven]

Certainly a range here, as you'd expect.

I had a number 1 when I was 32 after a greaduated with my Diploma. It was the best haircut I have ever had. No maintainence really, like the others here have intimated with their very short cuts - just brilliant

My hair-length is currently between my shoulder blades, and most of the time I wear it twisted up at the back and held with a shark-tooth comb.
On colder days I wear it "free" or just the front tied back.

It is much more work then short hair and I think this coming summer, as the weather heats up it will go.

The biggest hassle re cycling with long hair is when I timetrial. Hair flapping about in the wind is not aerodynamic, so I have to try and bunch it into a bun that is comfortable but doesn't poke out the back of the helmet...

[indigoiis]

Here is a picture of me a couple years ago when it was fairly short. Don't ask about the animals - I could talk about them all day.

http://www.paradisefarmalpacas.com/i...reshearing.jpg

Here is me with it long, how it looks now:

http://www.paradisefarmalpacas.com/i...s_luna_5th.jpg

(oy vey - I didn't know the photos would be that huge... so just posted links instead.)

[HappyAnika]

I'm 31, mine is just below shoulder length. Every spring I get it cut "just long enough that I can still put it in a ponytail". The ponytail goes under the helmet, above the ring, no damage. In winter I grow it longer to keep me warm. Mine's really thick and I have a lot of it, it looks terrible if I don't blow dry it, which is a pain. I keep thinking if it were short it'd be less time consuming, but I don't like the way I look when it's short, too boyish on me. When I was in my 20's I had it down to my bum. Would braid it when doing anything active. The super long hair made me look really young, which is not a good thing for my work, so I cut it to shoulder blade length. Unless it was super short, it'd drive me nuts if I couldn't put it in a ponytail for actvities.

The alpacas are adorable!

[Ninabike]

Shoulder length here, pulled back and with buff under helmet.

[QUOTE=indigoiis;234574] Don't ask about the animals - I could talk about them all day.

How could we not ask about those beautiful animals!!

[indigoiis]

[QUOTE=Ninabike;234606]Shoulder length here, pulled back and with buff under helmet.

Don't ask about the animals - I could talk about them all day.

How could we not ask about those beautiful animals!!

Different message board altogether.

Actually, we just had a little baby cria yesterday. He's wicked cute.
But you know, and this is really selfish, I'm glad I got my ride in BEFORE he was born.

[sandra]

My hair is cut asymmetrical, like Victoria Beckham (Posh! ) Normally I like it, but when I take my helmet off, it is worse than AWFUL!!!

[Bad JuJu]

I'm 54-staring-down-the-barrel-of-55, and it seems like the older I get, the shorter my hair gets. Yikes--by the time I'm 60, I'll be bald.

Anyway, I wore my hair just above the shoulders for about 20 years (really!), and just this past January, I got it cut really short (sort of like GLC1968's, but I'm not as cute as she is). And I love it! It's straight straight straight, but after I wash it and let it dry a little, I apply some stuff my hairdresser sold me: Redken Rough Paste. It's sort of like toothpaste you put in your hair, and it lets you spike it or piece it or whatever you want and it's repositionable. After a ride, I take off my helmet, towel dry my hair, then fluff it with my fingers, eh voila! Decent-looking hair. Sure I'm still a major sweat machine, but my hair looks good.

(Also a good trick for after you take off your motorcycle helmet.)

[teigyr]

My hair used to be long and now it's shoulder length. The bad thing about shoulder length is that it doesn't all go into a ponytail! The GOOD part is I like it far better than before and it's healthier because the ends used to be really dry. If you scroll down to the picture, that is the length of my hair now:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=17190

When I ride, I wear a buff under my helmet and let it drape artfully down my back. I probably don't get style points but it keeps my hair from getting too dried out from the sun. When I take the buff off, my hair is usually soaked! I'll either leave it down (think drowned rat) or put it half up like Tom Cruise in Magnolia.

When I used to ride without the buff, even when my hair could go into a full ponytail, whispy bits would stick up out of my helmet. Hated it!

My opinion? Expensive hair cuts are always worth it and you should try it just to see. Worst case scenario is you don't like it and you grow it out. I think you looked good both ways but sometimes it's fun to experiment

And adorable animals. Good thing I don't live closer to you or I'd be finding a way to visit them SO cute!!!!

[MomOnBike]

My hair goes all over the place from just about shoulder length to just below the ears, as it is now.

I keep swearing that someday I'll just get mad and go into a hair place and tell whichever poor soul gets to cut my hair to just cut it at the dye grow-out. No more dying, no more hair mess. After that, I think I'll stop cutting it and live with a long braid down my back, the way I did when I was young.

[ClockworkOrange]

I'm 54-staring-down-the-barrel-of-55, and it seems like the older I get, the shorter my hair gets. Yikes--by the time I'm 60, I'll be bald.

.................. And I love it! It's straight straight straight, but after I wash it and let it dry a little, I apply some stuff my hairdresser sold me: Redken Rough Paste. It's sort of like toothpaste you put in your hair, and it lets you spike it or piece it or whatever you want and it's repositionable. After a ride, I take off my helmet, towel dry my hair, then fluff it with my fingers, eh voila! Decent-looking hair. Sure I'm still a major sweat machine, but my hair looks good.

I'm with you on this, apart from I'm 57 - staring down-the-barrel of 58!!! As I am getting older I am getting dafter, now have short spikey hair, with blonde highlights. Important I have it cut every 5 weeks, otherwise it gets the droops.

Hmmmmm, babyfine hair sounds cute BUT IT'S A PAIN!

Fortunately, I now use KMS Hair Play Molding Paste, which my hairdresser recommended and I find it really good, although quite expensive here in the UK, am going to give Redken a try.

Sally

[short cut sally]

indi, i stopped into work today to get something and one of the girls (whom we get mistaken a lot for each other) came to me to show me her new hair do. It is so great. The front has a few strands of bangs, and then its choppy to past the ears and it also is long infront of the ears and then starts to get shorter, the back is about 1 -1 1/2 long and is just all over. The whole hair cut is piecy/choppy and she had some highlights done, her hair is dk. brown. LOVED IT. unfortunetly, i am trying to get my hair to grow out for a little bit, or else i would be in line to have that same cut. Mine is a mishmosh of lengths and ends at the shoulders. I used to have choppy hair that i curled out all over and used lots of product..loved that too, did okay under the helmet. This hair at present, as soon as the helmet is off, hair clip!
ps. love the alpacas! one of the guys i work with raises/breeds and shows alpacas. he goes to shows all over. havent' been to his farm yet. we are making a bike trip out of it, one way, then DH will pick my friend and I up.

[Dianyla]

How do all you fellow women cyclists wear your hair? Short? Long? Medium?
Where was the option for freakishly long? Mine is down to my ankles, very thick, coarse and wavy.

Ponytails, braids, clips?
If I have an extra 15 minutes in the morning I'll put my hair into a single low braid. However, the braid is still too long to let hang loose. If I have a jersey with a back pocket I'll stuff the braid into the pocket. Or, I'll put one or two Viking style knots in to shorten the braid up.

Usually, though, I'm in a hurry so I make a hasty loose bun at the nape that hangs low enough to not interfere with a helmet. It looks like this.

Damage from helmets?
I always use a Buff under my helmet. It prevents damage to wispies, absorbs sweat, and keeps things tidy. Also, having multiple buffs so I can use a clean one every other day helps reduce helmet-induced acne since it's much faster to just don a new buff than to wash the helmet foam pads that touch my forehead.

[Eden]

I have thick wavy/curly hair. I used to have it cut pretty short - think short bob above my ears, but it looked like h#ll when I'd take off my helmet, even if I only had it on for 5 min... so now my hair is a little longer than shoulder length and I always wear it back(its either that or look like Roseanne Rosannadanna......) I put it in a pony tail when riding, back with a barette when not. I find that pulled back its pretty hard for it to look too bad, even after riding. All I have to do is re-do the pony tail to take care of all of the escapee hairs and its OK looking again. I can't really braid my hair - it all just wants to pop out and just looks like a fuzzy stick...

[northstar]

Well, my hair is shorter than it's been in the past. Very easy. But long enough to get into pigtails for running or riding. I've had long, long hair and short short hair, and this seems to be my happy medium.

Edited to add: Sorry for the big pic!