OK, next thing I'm thinking I'd better get under control before the season starts is my hair. I've never had an "active" hairstyle that I really loved, so I thought I'd poll the peanut gallery.

Generally in the summer I keep my hair long enough to pull back into a low ponytail under my helmet, or a rough french braid when it gets a little longer. This is OK, I guess, but there are always escaped wisps of hair annoying the heck out of me, and it can get hot. What I'd really love is a short style, but hubby doesn't want me to go boy-short, anything else would get in my eyes, and anyway growout would be even more of a pain than the wispies.

How do *you* wear your hair? Is there a clip out there that would anchor the wispies without causing a pressure point under my helmet and/or a helmet that would let me wear my ponytail a little higher? I've had my current one for five years so I'm about due for a new one anyway. Anybody have a favorite hair elastic that won't slip or pull? I generally wear fabric-covered scrunchies but they definitely slip (I have had more than one kind motorist roll down a window to point out to me that my scrunchie fell to the ground when I stopped!). Other elastics I've tried either pull or break. How about braid techniques, any favorites?

C'mon, magic hair solution, LOL!