How to Ride Your Bike in Style

Step 4 Heads Up

Let's talk HELMET HAIR. No one likes that look. Those of you with buzz-cuts have a get out of jail free card. All the rest of you try any of these strategies:

-Ride with dry hair
Otherwise, your wet hair will dry in the shape of the helmet, making it much harder to shake out.

-Bring some product along for the ride
Slip some wax/gel/mousse into your bag and do your faux-hawk once you arrive.

-Wear a head-wrap under your helmet
This can protect braids from frizzing or long hair from getting wind-whipped.

-Wear hair/head accessories
There's nothing like a hat to cover up a bad hair situation. Headbands and head-wraps do wonders too.

Let's say you're going to a full-blown, Abe Lincoln era formal event, so your top hot is an essential part of your get-up. You have two options:

1. Wear the helmet for the ride over while stashing the top hat in your bike basket.
2. Wear the top hat for the ride over and risk winding up just like Abe. (That is to say dead, granted under very different circumstances)