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Im signed up for a field trip to Six Flags soon, and part of the requirement is to go on some rides, for experimental purposes, but Im worried that the fast speeds and high winds resulting from those speeds will be harmful to my locks.Anyone have any comments on this? Ive heard wearin caps is harmful too, but I would rather cap damage than severe wind damage.
How about make a ponytail and put a wooly cap over your head and ponytail?
Oh my god. Lighten up, riding a rollercoaster won't hurt your hair. If you are that obsessed, then thats just scary.
Well I think it's justified - take all that time growing your hair and making sure it's in nice condition and the fear of hurting it is understandable.
Personally I'd wear a cap - 2 minutes wearing a cap on a rollercoaster won't hurt you. Of course, depends on how long your hair is... maybe a cap with a ponytail out the back... that'd probably be dead on*.
wolfeyes
*dead on - Belfast saying for grand/fine/sweet/cool
Wind damage to your hair depends greatly on intensity and duration of exposure. Almost all the damage results from knotting and tangling. If your hair is really long you might put several hair ties along its entire length. Also if your hair is really long it is a good idea to know where it is at all times to keep it from getting caught in something. Keep it in your lap during the ride. If your hair is moderate length then wearing a cap should be fine. Although you may be exposed to peak wind speeds of 70 miles per hour your exposure is going to be brief. Two or three minutes of gale force winds should not do any harm to your hair at all and, at most, cause only minimum tangling. If you are planning to ride a motorcycle at 70 miles per hour for hours at a time it is a must to put your hair inside your shirt and/or coat to prevent severe tangling but a few short rides on the roller coaster should not be a problem at all. Absalom
Actually riding in an open top vehicle be it a rollercoaster, car, motorcycle, boat, plane, etc. (even standing around outside on a windy day) can get your hair tangled up quite quickly...and it's ok to be thinking about stuff like that because the better you care for your hair the longer it will be around. It depends a bit on your hair length as to how tangled it can get or what ways you can plan ahead to prevent this from happening.
If it's still somewhat short you probably can get by with a cap of some sort. If it's past your shoulders then pony tails and, better yet, braids will help keep things under control. There are hair "devices" that also have been designed to aid you in this such as the hair glove. You can also apply certain hair products to give some minimal protection from tangles, I use Paul Mitchell's Gloss Drops which makes the hairs somewhat slicker.
I can vouch for this. A few years ago I was driving home from work with the moonroof of my car open. It was a short 3 miles home, and I was enjoying the wind wafting my hair around my face (I was in a 30 mph zone). When I got home, I realized some of my hair was tangled around the moonroof mechanism. It took a few minutes of careful detangling before I could exit the vehicle.
Wouldn't they fly off???!
They certainly won't stay on as well as they do for a shorthaired guy. For short hair, to remove a cap goes against the grain of the stubble, and this helps keep it on. For longer hair, especially curly hair, the layers of curls will slip on each other at the cap band, defeating most friction, and the cap will blow off much easier.
The answer, if that is a problem, is to wear a hat with a chin cord. Then it won't fly off. Or you can wear a bandanna, which, having no brim or bill, is less apt to catch much wind and be pulled off. If I wear a hat without a cord, I am apt to lose it to the wind in a day, if not within the hour. I've worn bandannas for years, and I've only once had one blow off. It was on a 200 foot high cliff jutting out into the Pacific Ocean, where cross winds were strong enough to blow your body off the trail.
I worked in the maintaince department at Kings Dominion during the summer about 10 years ago. We were constantly chasing after baseball caps that had fallen off and landed around the base of the coasters. It doesn't matter if you are short haired, or long haired, a hat's gonna fly off on a coaster. I would recommend a bandanna, since it can be tied more securely, and is not stiff enough to fly off as easily. My recommendation though if you don't want to get blown around is to ride in the back of the train. The further back you are, the less wind, because it's blocked by the other riders. The back of the train is also the fastest part, since it gets "whipped" as gravity catches the front of the train and throws it over the peak of the hill!
Go ride and have fun with your experiment!!!!
Steven Winner
The train is all connected. It's all going the same speed. Or did you mean that the train is going faster when the back of the train is at the apexes?
