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How do you all deal with helmet hair? I know this has probably been asked before but I fgured I would ask again.

Everytime I wear my helmet my hair gets all sorts of tweaked. I have tried putting it in a pontytail at the back of my neck but its just not long enough to avoid the mess lol..'

Thanks
DeeDee

I wear a Buff like the photo in the second row, middle column



That way my hair isn't flying around in the back getting messy. It does flatten my hair, but it is uniformly flat at least.

Mostly I think you get used to working around helmet hair. I feel like now my hair is better when I commute on my bike than when I take my car![/url]

Yup. I wear a Buff too. I've got, like 6 of them. They help tremendously in making helmet removal more smooth over my triple ear piercings.

I switch from the 'babushka' style to the 'pirate/aund jemima' style (top, second) and the pullover style (bottom right).

Pam

Luckily my hair is short and naturally curly/wavey, so my helmet hair makes me look like scruffy matted boy hair. A quick run into the ladies room and a spruce up with a little water help get it all going again.

I think I am in the market for a cover now though. If not to wear when riding, but also when the helmet comes off.

Really though, as mentioned, you get use to having wild hair on riding days. If you do need to be presentable, like for work, try those Buffs there and also plan ahead to carry or have waiting some hair care stuff in your desk or bag you keep at work.

Thanks gals I will have to lok into those. Hubby and I plan on doing a lot of riding to gether when I get better. Usually he loves to stop for dinner or go wander malls at the same time so..I don't want ot go out on a "date with him and have messed up hair lol.

Lion_Lady wrote:Yup. I wear a Buff too. I've got, like 6 of them. They help tremendously in making helmet removal more smooth over my triple ear piercings.

Another vote for the Buff -- and whoa, I learned about the joys of pulling a helmet off with ear piercings the hard way the first time .

JT

Mostly I just complain. If I'm done riding for the day, I just re-wet it and it sets itself. If that's not an option, and I happen to be concerned about how it looks, I'll just put on a bandanna and forget about it. And if I really don't care at all how it looks, then I just deal with the flat, straight hair on top. It could be worse I suppose.

I did enjoy it the most when my hair was buzzed (down with a 3-day cutting guard). Then it just wasn't an issue at all.

Cheers,
Loonette

I actualy let my hair grow long enough to be able to have a pony tail because I got tired of wearing the buffs. Worse case scenario i'll wear a baseball cap.

I hv long straight black hair..all the way to my butt so a ponytail with 4 or 5 hair ties work for me or I just stuff it in my jacket so I cant relate with helmet hair but I get the "knots" if I don't put enough hair ties so I always carry a little hair brush.

I have really really fine hair. I usually do a low ponytail (which looks pretty bad without the helmet) while riding, and just try to re-fluff after. But my bangs go weirdly wavy. Startin' to envy Susan Powter.