Hi ladies! I'm wondering what your methods are when it comes to hair and riding. I have really long hair and it always gets knotty after riding. What works best under a helmet and limits the amount of knotty-ness? Braids? Any other products you use to help?
I wear one of these. http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/scrub-hats/womens-surgical-scrub-hats/pony-collection/ I work in surgery. Have been wearing these for years, last year I tried one under my helmet. They cover your hair and keep it from getting all tangled up. They wash well, dry fast and come in lots of colors/styles.
Juicebox (beth) taught me a neat way to tie up my hair. My hair is waaaay to thick to jam up into a helmet. Take a long elastic (the thin kind you would use as a headband). Make a ponytail, then take the long elastic and keep looping it and pulling your hair through (but sort of pull down each loop). It keeps your hair from becoming a tangled mess and it pulls it up. Then at the end, wrap up the tail with a regular head band. It will kind of look like this but without the leather: Letting my hair in the breeze was great when I tried it, but trying to detangle the knoted mess was awful. I was about ready to cut my hair short it was so bad till beth taught me that trick!
My hair gets cut short in the summer!! I prefer longer hair, but I get it shoulder length in the summer months just for motorcycle riding! It's one less thing for me to mess with and I can throw on my helmet, ready to go quick..... as I then wait for another girl to "fix" her hair to go in her helmet haha
I usually just braid mine and it works. But, I have some layers in my hair so I do have to use a couple pony tails...
I have issues with my hair turning into a hot mess after I ride too. I try braiding it, but the layers I have don't all go into the braid so I just have to use the flat clips that snap close, and plenty of hair spray.
My methods were dreadlocks (on purpose) and then short hair. An acquaintance with long, thick hair recommended a wicking cap like this: http://www.rei.com/product/831657/halo-skull-cap She tucks all of her hair up underneath it. Spray in conditioners can help a little as well. Braid, and if you have layers, use multiple bands along the braid to hold things together.
I use one of these, I've got alot of layers so the braids and the lots of bands dont work for me. I use it on the road and on the track, i've got a longer one, so just the ends of my hair stick out.