Best women's cycling shorts 2024 ridden and rated

A pair of the best women's cycling shorts can make all the difference to your comfort on the bike - here's what to look for and some of our favorite pairs

Female cyclist wearing a pair of the best cycling shorts for women
Female cyclist wearing a pair of the best cycling shorts for women
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Along with a good women's bike saddle, good shorts are probably the single most important element when it comes to ensuring comfort on your rides. 

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. 

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