Alé Green Road Lady bib shorts review

Made from recycled fabric, the Alé Green Road Lady bib shorts prove that performance wear doesn't need to cost the earth.

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Cycling Weekly Verdict

Meeting the need for performance kit, while trying to keep a low environmental footprint can feel like a constant conflict, often ending up in a design compromise or wallet busting prices. The women's specific Alé Green Road Lady bib shorts prove that you really can have the best of all worlds, raising the bar for all cycle wear. 

Reasons to buy
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    Recycled fabrics

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    UPF50+

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    Performance women's specific fit

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    Secure leg gripper

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    Minimal seams

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    Breathable

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    Wide straps

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    Lightweight

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The Alé Green Road Lady bib shorts were selected for an Editor's Choice award in 2020. This year's list contains 78 items which scored a 9 or 10/10 with our tech team - this gear is the best of the best, and has received the Cycling Weekly stamp of approval. 

The desire to own nice shiny bike things can often conflict with people's want to reduce their eco-footprint, so getting hold of a pair of Alé Green Road Lady bib shorts which promise to meet both needs is a very happy new kit day indeed.

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Hannah Bussey

Hannah is Cycling Weekly’s longest-serving tech writer, having started with the magazine back in 2011. She has covered all things technical for both print and digital over multiple seasons representing CW at spring Classics, and Grand Tours and all races in between.

Hannah was a successful road and track racer herself, competing in UCI races all over Europe as well as in China, Pakistan and New Zealand.

For fun, she's ridden LEJOG unaided, a lap of Majorca in a day, won a 24-hour mountain bike race and tackled famous mountain passes in the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Himalayas. 

She lives just outside the Peak District National Park near Manchester UK with her partner, daughter and a small but beautifully formed bike collection.