Sportful Fiandre NoRain W bib short review

Huzzah! Finally the Fiandre shorts are now available in a fit specifically for women. With the similar men's version hitting the 10/10 bell, we're super excited to get our hands on the Sportful Fiandre NoRain W bib short to see if they live up to expectations

Sportful Fiandre NoRain W bib short
Cycling Weekly Verdict

The water resistant and thermal Sportful Fiandre NoRain W bib short are a fantastic buy for £80. They are long in the leg, so won't work for all riders, but if they do you have autumnal and spring riding sorted, and a nearly perfect pair of winter women's specific race bib shorts. 

Reasons to buy
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    Water resistant

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    Thermal

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    Women's specific fit

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    Raw cut leg band

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    Infinity chamios

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    Reflective detailing

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    Value

Reasons to avoid
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    Will be too long legged for some

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Water resistant shorts, well the apparent lack of, for women have been a real bone of contention for me in recent years (especially since moving to the rainy city of Manchester). If I hear one more time about the virtues of water resistant thermal shorts I shall scream as up till now, a women's specific version hasn't been an option, so hats off to the Sportful Fiandre NoRain W bib short, as I can finally get to see what all the fuss is about.

The men's Fiandre NoRain shorts have been around for a couple of years now and its still one of Cycling Weekly's favourite pairs of shorts, delivering a whole package of goodness, not just in the form of the water resistance properties, but also in the chamois performance and overall comfort and fit. This means that the Sportful Fiandre NoRain W bib short have a lot to live up to.

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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.