Just the girls help please...

[luckyfox]

I'm doing about 90 miles a week with my commute and i've noticed i'm starting to get rather sore nips

Has anyone else had this? Could be more so with the cold first thing (I set off a 6.30am) but i've cycled earlier and in winter before without this, not as far tho and easier terrain. I am rather ample but they've pretty strapped down. Different sport bra needed?

Any advice most appreciated!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Possibly - I also go over to a padded sports bra in winter (Panache moulded sports bra - very comfortable and I'm a 34E) and often use bib tights as well.
But when it is really cold, I have found that some clean pocket tissues pulled out of their packet and folded straight in half across the obvious crease (forming a square) work miracles...

Also if the bra is too tight, I get sore there, but this might have more to do with the piercings...

 

[Saluki]

^^ I would say the same at SatNav but without the piercings

 

[Ganymede]

I don't do your mileage and am only 34C but I like Falke sports bras. However they aren't great for work as they are quite thick and give you a bit of a flattish "mono-bosom" effect. Very comfortable though.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I don't do your mileage and am only 34C but I like Falke sports bras. However they aren't great for work as they are quite thick and give you a bit of a flattish "mono-bosom" effect. Very comfortable though.

that's why I like the Panache moulded sports bra - very definitely not mono...

 

[Mo1959]

Can't say I've had that problem on the bike even with longish miles. Running did cause it a bit though and I used to use the Sportjock bras. Hold you nice and tight, and a wee bit vaseline or tape if you are really bothered.

 

[ColinJ]

Men have nipples too ...

I had the same problem when I used to go for a run in the winter and resorted to elastoplast nipple covers!

 

[Ganymede]

that's why I like the Panache moulded sports bra - very definitely not mono...

Woah, they look great. Thanks for the tip!

 

[luckyfox]

Woah, they look great. Thanks for the tip!

These do look really good, maybe this is what i need. I tried doubling it up with a sport bra and moulded vest but it felt uncomfortable. It's not been too bad with running.

Men have nipples too ...

I had the same problem when I used to go for a run in the winter and resorted to elastoplast nipple covers!

Thank you for this. We do have a bit more of a bouncy dilemma than men

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Woah, they look great. Thanks for the tip!

as with most sports bras, up one band size and down one cup size works best for me...

shame that would leave you needing a 36B because I have a 36D that I am getting rid of (free to a good home not as white as it used to be due to being washed once with something else that was not white and it acted as a 'come here all other colours' garment...) I need a 36DD and have just purchased a second one.

 

[Ganymede]

as with most sports bras, up one band size and down one cup size works best for me...

shame that would leave you needing a 36B because I have a 36D that I am getting rid of (free to a good home not as white as it used to be due to being washed once with something else that was not white and it acted as a 'come here all other colours' garment...) I need a 36DD and have just purchased a second one.

Oh that is a shame! Interesting tip about the sizing too - maybe explains why the other sports bra I have but never wear feels so tight!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Oh that is a shame! Interesting tip about the sizing too - maybe explains why the other sports bra I have but never wear feels so tight!

I have pretty much found that with just about all of the makes I have tried... there is a thread on here somewhere about comfortable sports bras that I started a year or two ago... I was trying to find one - this one I can easily wear all day every day and sleep in if necessary (not that I normally do it is just sometimes where we stealth camp a quick getaway is useful.)

 

[raleighnut]

Men have nipples too ...

I had the same problem when I used to go for a run in the winter and resorted to elastoplast nipple covers!

I'm starting to get the problem but that's since the operation to repair my leg and subsequent weight gain so you're right its not just a 'girlie' thing.
Bloody painful though.

 

[luckyfox]

I'm starting to get the problem but that's since the operation to repair my leg and subsequent weight gain so you're right its not just a 'girlie' thing.
Bloody painful though.

Sure is!

 

[Ganymede]

Found this: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/bodyglide-skin-formula-regular-369g/ while googling for "jogger's nipple". Seems to be better than vaseline as it doesn't spoil your clothes.

Incidentally my tip for avoiding blisters on the feet is to put a bit of lipsalve on any spot that starts to complain - I started doing it wearing jelly shoes (the Vivienne Westward ones, not the beach ones!) and now use it with regular shoes - after all, you're the only person likely to be wearing them and nobody sees the inside. Works a treat, I use this lipsalve which is the best in the universe: https://www.foreverliving.com/retai...67A6C79A133848A721DC60C7F9A.tc1-int1?code=022 (US site, soz, can be bought here).