Oneten Tempo bib shorts review

We test the Tempo bib shorts from Chain Reaction's in-house brand OneTen.

oneten tempo bib shorts
Cycling Weekly Verdict

The Oneten Tempo bib shorts are a well made pair of shorts with technical features and a good pad at an attractive price.

Reasons to buy
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    Comfortable pad

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    Good fit

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    Single layer leg grippers

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Reasons to avoid
  • -

    Seams not flatlocked

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Oneten is the in-house clothing brand of Chain Reaction Cycles and sells only through that company’s website. Last year the Oneten Tempo bib shorts were their top of the line, although this year they’ve been eclipsed by the Tempo Plus range.

>>> Buyer's guide to cycling bib shorts (video)

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Paul Norman

Paul started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2015, covering cycling tech, new bikes and product testing. Since then, he’s reviewed hundreds of bikes and thousands of other pieces of cycling equipment for the magazine and the Cycling Weekly website.

He’s been cycling for a lot longer than that though and his travels by bike have taken him all around Europe and to California. He’s been riding gravel since before gravel bikes existed too, riding a cyclocross bike through the Chilterns and along the South Downs.