High Beams?

[bonnypriest]

Ok girls...I know this is a super silly question (actually a little embarrassing), sooooooo...do any of you have a problem with T.H.O (high beams, head lights are on, puppy noses showing, nipplage, etc.)? I do & can't figure out what to wear under my jersey or in my sports bra to cover them up. I only wear an A cup, so it's not like there's much else there to hold up. I usually wear a Nike compression sport bra which works great but not for covering the "headlights". What do you girls do? Or do you even care about that stuff? Does it even matter? I'm so dumb! :p Thanks in advance for your help!

[emily_in_nc]

High beams...funny, I have never heard that term for nipplage! :D But whatever you call it, I've got it, so I can't wear the unlined/unpadded bras at all if I don't want to show the world too much.

I'm sure there are others, but Victoria's Secret makes a really good sports bra with removable pads that keep things very modest. It's called a Shock Absorber. It runs $45 MSRP, but I just got a new one with tags on ebay for $14.95 -- an amazing deal. I had gotten my first one on ebay a year or so ago so kept looking for another in my size and finally found one.

Not a dumb question at all! :rolleyes:

[marni]

back in the day I used to just slap a band aid over each- of course, these days with weight loss and age, they are trying to crawl back into the two fried eggs currently sliding towards my waist so I have pretty much given up caring. I wear champion sports bras color coordinated with my jersey so that if I get really really hot, I can ride unzipped and still look like it's intentional. If they want to stare at the getting skinny old lady on the bike, let em.

[bluebug32]

http://www.funnycoolstuff.com/images/red-bicycle-shorts.jpg


I mean, really, what's wrong with a little nipple?

[Crankin]

That picture never ceases to amaze me...
I am an A cup (barely) and I now only wear sports bras with the removable pads. Before I get a lot of comments, let's just say that it's mostly for the "nippleage"problem, but it doesn't hurt that it gives me a more proportional look. The best bra I have found is the Handful, found right here: http://www.teamestrogen.com/handful/product/apparel/tops/bras/c0-c1-c2-c3-b100201.html
There's a couple of other "A/B" brands that have removable pads, too, but most of them are just too compressive for me. My issue is with the sports tops that have the inner bra thing, like the Terry Eurohalter. I love the top, in fact I have 3 of them, but everything shows. I feel like wearing a strapless bra under it!

[Irulan]

That picture never ceases to amaze me...
I am an A cup (barely) and I now only wear sports bras with the removable pads. Before I get a lot of comments, let's just say that it's mostly for the "nippleage"problem, but it doesn't hurt that it gives me a more proportional look. The best bra I have found is the Handful, found right here: http://www.teamestrogen.com/handful/product/apparel/tops/bras/c0-c1-c2-c3-b100201.html
There's a couple of other "A/B" brands that have removable pads, too, but most of them are just too compressive for me. My issue is with the sports tops that have the inner bra thing, like the Terry Eurohalter. I love the top, in fact I have 3 of them, but everything shows. I feel like wearing a strapless bra under it!

I just looked at that.. how can a stretch bra possibly fit an A and a C? Either it's going to be too compressive on the C boobs, or way too loose on the A. As and A, there's nothing I hate worse that loose cups that don't' provide any support.

[abejita]

I am a 30dd...I just find a sports bra that works for me and I don't worry about the rest. If they can't handle how normal body parts look is sportswear, its their own problem.

[bonnypriest]

I was laughing outloud at some of your responses. LOVE the pic. Ok...I'll just deal with it, but I am going to check out the two sports tops you ladies suggested & see how it goes.

I'm still giggling at the fried eggs moving toward the waist. :D Thanks for the help!!!!!!

[Chicken Little]

I look at the photo and realize why you should never take saddle advice from a guy. How could they possibly have any input?

[indysteel]

That picture never ceases to amaze me...
I am an A cup (barely) and I now only wear sports bras with the removable pads. Before I get a lot of comments, let's just say that it's mostly for the "nippleage"problem, but it doesn't hurt that it gives me a more proportional look. The best bra I have found is the Handful, found right here: http://www.teamestrogen.com/handful/product/apparel/tops/bras/c0-c1-c2-c3-b100201.html
There's a couple of other "A/B" brands that have removable pads, too, but most of them are just too compressive for me. My issue is with the sports tops that have the inner bra thing, like the Terry Eurohalter. I love the top, in fact I have 3 of them, but everything shows. I feel like wearing a strapless bra under it!

LOL!!! I was wearing a Terry Eurohalter when I met my now husband. Coincidence? I think not! :)

[Crankin]

Well, Indy, you make my point. But, overall the Eurohalter covers more skin than most halter type tops and I also can wear them for other activities, like yoga or even running/hiking. The only thing that annoys me is when you put more than one thing in the zip pocket (which is actually quite large), it hangs out below the bottom of the top, when you are riding in the drops at times.
CC, I think maybe the Handful comes in 2 sizes? Maybe I am wrong. I could see how it might fit a small C, if you took the pads out. The band is very stretchy. I don't feel like it is too big, but it definitely does not feel tight like all of my other sports bras. I have really sensitive, allergic type skin and I always get the red band around where any elastic is, no matter how little there is. The Handful minimizes this as much as possible.

[indysteel]

I like the Eurohalter, too, for it's coverage. It's actually my favorite cycling top. I prefer the fabrics they use that are a print, rather than a solid, because they provide a little distraction.

I'm generally a modest person, but I don't get too concerned about nipplage, at least not during workouts. If they show, they show. It's no big secret that I have breasts with nipples. I otherwise wear a lightly padded bra that keeps me modest in other settings.

[tangentgirl]

That photo is awesome.

Headlights don't bug me. I look for a workout bra that will keep me from bouncing uncomfortably too much. Padding doesn't really factor into it.

[abejita]

If they show, they show. It's no big secret that I have breasts with nipples.

What she said!! And besides, 3/4 of the guys that I ride with have nipplage and don't seem overly concerned about it, LOL!

[KnottedYet]

I love the Title 9 "Super Lace" bra (aka Moving Comfort)

The size is slightly off from Natori or DKNY or the size I wear according to Nordstrom (36 DD vs. 38 C) but when you hold the Super Lace up to those bras, they are exactly the same despite the different size designations.

NO help for headlights, I mean NONE, but as a DD, I really find that headlights are not the issue anymore. (once I lose the 50lbs of stress weight I gained, I'll be back in my older padded bras anyway, and it won't matter. Or my CWX, which are the only bras I've ever found that weren't padded AND controlled headlights: http://www.teamestrogen.com/search.ep?keyWords=cwx&search-form-submit=go )

If you prefer to wear bras that are not padded, but have issues with headlights, I strongly suggest getting the CWX bras through Team Estrogen.

[Catrin]

I like the Eurohalter, too, for it's coverage. It's actually my favorite cycling top. I prefer the fabrics they use that are a print, rather than a solid, because they provide a little distraction.

I'm generally a modest person, but I don't get too concerned about nipplage, at least not during workouts. If they show, they show. It's no big secret that I have breasts with nipples. I otherwise wear a lightly padded bra that keeps me modest in other settings.

This is pretty much my opinion on things - I have armor piercers though - I gave up worrying about nipplage the day they insisted on showing through no less than FOUR layers :eek: Most of the time they are not that stubborn, I must have been really cold that day :o

I am glad this topic came up again, I have been pondering some choices for this reason as well.

[Crankin]

You know, I am generally NOT a modest person at all. But the nipple showing thing really bothered me when I belonged to a gym. Now that I do my working out at home, it's not an issue, although it does come up once in awhile when I am riding or running.

[emily_in_nc]

That picture never ceases to amaze me...
I am an A cup (barely) and I now only wear sports bras with the removable pads. Before I get a lot of comments, let's just say that it's mostly for the "nippleage"problem, but it doesn't hurt that it gives me a more proportional look. The best bra I have found is the Handful, found right here: http://www.teamestrogen.com/handful/product/apparel/tops/bras/c0-c1-c2-c3-b100201.html

Ooh, I like the looks of that one. I'm a B cup under most conditions, but a C in Victoria's Secret (talk about vanity sizing! :D), so I bet it would work for me. Some of the reviews say the XS is really, really small. Do you wear the XS or S? I am in a 32C in VS bras so am kind of a hard to fit size. Can't really justify spending the money right now as I've just bought a bunch of new bras, but I could keep this in mind for the future. Thanks!

[Crankin]

I got the x-small. I see that it's noted that the bra runs big, and I think this must be true, as this is the least constricting sports bra I have ever had. I get my regular bras at a real lingerie store; every year I get a discount coupon for my birthday month to spend there. So, I bought a Moving Comfort sports bra, special A/B style, with some padding. I wanted the one with the same type of straps as the Handful, but there was a huge gap in the cleavage area. The salesgirl told me I was just "so petite." Well, maybe in cup size, but my chest itself is not that small. So, I ended up getting the true racer back style and it's very tight. But, the next size up would have been huge.
You probably would take the small if you are a B-C.

[Miranda]

I'm a 34D and this bra is about the only one I can wear that works well for me. http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodCW_165102.html (note: hope CWX aka Wacoal never stops making it, and TE never stops carrying it! lol... Wacoal is my only bra brand I can wear non-sports as well)

It also comes in an A/B version. The fabric is kinda a double system, but not foam padded cups. Also, I love a black sports bra the best. Black as a color does NOT turn see-thru when wet with sweat!

Besides my outdoor riding, I teach Spinning year round... lots outside riding-running guys in the front row of class this time of year... CWX black bra locked and loaded girls is how I face em for 60mins lol.

Good Luck with your search!

p.s. also, a print fabric helps to hide things as well... wear your solids when alone without boys, and busy print with if it helps your concern.

[marni]

I have always worn a sports bra. So this summer when I had to get a strapless bra to go with my "mother of the the groom" California wedding style dress, I went into a lingerie store for help. When they asked what size bra I wore, I was unable to answer. Rolling of 3 pairs of italian grandmother in ground gripper shoes, black dresses, well dressed hair and makeup, eyes and much phoo phoo rah about producing a tape measure. Requisite sample bras were pulled. Oldest grandmother hustles me into a dressing room and follows. She snaps her fingers for me to strip, whips a bra around me, fastens up the back, looks at me and says " bend over" when I do, she inserts an index finger, flips the fried egg up and back shouting " whoo pah!" , repeats on the other side, tells me to "stand up straight, shoulders back" and proceeds to poke the muffin edge in around the cup and says "there that's how you do it, now you try the others." She didn't actually leave the dressing room, she just stood back, and insisted in repeating the "whoo pah, tuck tuck tuck" action for each bra. By the time we finally got to one that fit and held all the muffin top, and could accomodate the "whoo pah" action, I was lauging fit to burst. I wore it for the wedding and the dinner after and haven't since, but I could if I wanted to . All it takes is a little "Whoo Pah" action.

In the meantime I ride bare or with bandaids, cause frankly I just don't care anymore. Love my fried eggs more and more every day, but resigned to losing them if necessary as the mammogram dictates.

[Ered_Lithui]

I use DIMRS (www.dimrs.com) in situations where it seems like I'd be more comfortable with that sort of coverage. They don't add bulk as a padded bra would, and are easy to clean (hand soap and water). They're also a good solution for going braless in non-sports situations (assuming the shirt/dress is sufficiently form-fitting).

[indigoiis]

I have pencil erasers, and I'm cheap, which is not a good combination. I buy the 3 pack sport bras from the department store. they are like little half-tank tops, with no cups or anthing, just tubes with straps. Worse, they are cotton, but they are the comfyest thing for running and biking. But I still show through every layer.

Haven't tried bandaids yet but have used folded toilet paper. Sigh.

[tulip]

If it bothers you, you can always just place a cotton disk in your bra. They are like flattened cotton balls, sold in drugstores. Easy, cheap, effective.

[indysteel]

OMG, Marni. Your bra shopping story is priceless!

[emily_in_nc]

I use DIMRS (www.dimrs.com) in situations where it seems like I'd be more comfortable with that sort of coverage. They don't add bulk as a padded bra would, and are easy to clean (hand soap and water). They're also a good solution for going braless in non-sports situations (assuming the shirt/dress is sufficiently form-fitting).

Oh, those are great -- the things I never knew existed! I definitely have to get some. Thanks! :p

[bonnypriest]

I use DIMRS (www.dimrs.com) in situations where it seems like I'd be more comfortable with that sort of coverage. They don't add bulk as a padded bra would, and are easy to clean (hand soap and water). They're also a good solution for going braless in non-sports situations (assuming the shirt/dress is sufficiently form-fitting).
Oh my gosh...these look perfect!!! I wonder which one is better. There's the original DIMRS & then there's one called Nipstiks. I wonder which one would stick better. I sooooo want to order a pair. Just can decide which one is better. Does the DIMRS stay in place when you sweat a lot?


If it bothers you, you can always just place a cotton disk in your bra. They are like flattened cotton balls, sold in drugstores. Easy, cheap, effective.
Ok...totally awesome & CHEAP idea. Gonna try this one for sure too!