Tri-tops for the well endowed?

[SFScout]

I'm doing my first tri next month and am a bit freaked by this whole clothing thing. It took me a couple decades to find a sports bra I can run in without wearing two (thank God for Title9), but I definitely can't swim in it. Now I don't have decades.

Have any D, DD-cups tested tri-tops? Preferably with bra sizing as S-M-L doesn't usually work with my proportions.

(and even on this forum this is embarrassing, so go easy on a gal who didn't ask for 'em).

[divingbiker]

I've got this. It's so compressive that I don't think bra sizing is necessary. Looks like TE doesn't have it any more, but maybe someoene else does.

You're going to have to wear a sports bra under any tri top. Try the moving comfort Fiona.

[NW_Meg]

I'm an E (no, I'm not kidding), and compression is key. So I wear a I-built-it-myself tri suit. It goes like this:

Base layer: sports bra & one piece swim suit (bra is a Champion, 2-sizes too small for total compression)
Outer layer: compression shorts & this top: http://www.skirtsports.com/shop/prod...nder-Girl-Tank.

I just raced in this 2 weeks ago and it worked great. I LOVED the coverage of the Skirts Sports top - it's apparently a women-owned company that makes a whole line of race wear for beautifully endowed athletes : )

[Tri Girl]

I'm a DD, and I can wear pretty much any tri top out there- because it's the ginormous sports bra I wear underneath that keeps the girls still. Most of the time my bra shows some, but I don't care. As long as the girls are contained, it's all good.
I wear a Moving Comfort bra (Maia style).
It dries quickly after the swim, too.

[colby]

What everyone else said - sports bra + tri top/suit (with or without shelf bra, the shelf does add a second level of "support" but it is pretty minimal for the well-endowed and sometimes a challenge to assemble).

Whatever you decide to wear, try it a couple times first, you'll want to figure out if/where it chafes (armpits, band of the bra, etc).

Good luck!!

[SFScout]

I was hoping someone had tried this:

http://www.shockabsorber.co.uk/swim/bikini.html

I guess I'll go back to middle school and wear a bra under a shelf-bra tri-top. Thanks for the advice all.