dhb Aeron Speed Women's Bib shorts review

As with most pieces of cycling apparel, when it comes to bib shorts, it's likely you'll have different pairs for different kinds of rides; the ones for longer days in the saddle, the ones that are perfect for the commute to work, and not forgetting the ones that are saved for race day. So can one pair of bib shorts really do all those jobs?

dhb Aeron Speed Women's bib shorts
Cycling Weekly Verdict

Close to being the perfect riding partner, whatever the ride, there's a lot to like about the dhb Aeron Speed Women's bib shorts. The bib upper is certainly setting the standard for women's specific bib design and we love the inclusion of cold black® technology. However, the leg finish isn't in keeping with the rest of the high end design, and lets the shorts down. 

Reasons to buy
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    Lightweight

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    UPF50+ Rating Protection

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    Simple Bib upper

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    Comfortable chamois

Reasons to avoid
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    Leg gripper design.

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With dhb marking it's 14th birthday this year, the Wiggle owned clothing brand has, over the years, become a bit of a go to for many female cyclists, known for it's extensive affordable women's collection with good size ranges.

The Aeron collection has been around a few years now, and is badged as dhb's all day performance range for male and female bike riders. The dhb Aeron Speed Women's bib shorts themselves have gone through a few iterations, with the 2018 model gaining new colour ways that take their design cues from the visualisation of light and fast movement.

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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.