Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Just to clarify - the small strap I linked to goes with the hard strap, and attaches by means of plastic snap buckles. It's not compatible with the soft strap, that integrates the electrodes into the strap, with metal snaps to snap the transmitter onto the outside of it. Garmin only has the one size of replacement soft straps on their website.

I wear a 34 band, so it sounds like I'm a little bit bigger around than you. I have the hard strap with the standard sized elastic and I don't even have it adjusted all the way tight - I have almost 3" between the adjuster and the buckle, with the strap unstretched (adjusting it would double it, so I'd be able to make the unstretched length smaller by about 1-1/2"). With the hard strap, comfort isn't an issue for me on the bike at all - and in a pinch, like now when I have a big incision from having a mole taken off my back, on the bike I can wear the transmitter under my bra without the strap. Even running, as I said, it only bothers me on the longest, sweatiest runs. For those, some masking tape to smooth the battery cover, and a little body glide under the buckles, helps quite a bit.


Good luck...
Thanks for the clarification. I had seen the smaller strap on the Garmin site last night (didn't realize you gave me a link at first) ... and just assumed it would work with my monitor ... so good to know it won't, although ... BUMMER!

I guess I'll start with asking DH if he has an old version HR monitor. And I'll check out that Polar bra thing as well. I guess I'm off to do that right now. I'm a 34D, by the way. So should be the same rib cage size as you. I did have a woman tell me I could be a 32DD after she measured me for bra size once ... and I was having trouble finding a 34D that fit well. I bought a 32DD and it was uncomfortably tight. Maybe I'm really a 33!

I seriously want smaller boobs. Maybe that will fix ALL my problems!