La Passione Prestige bib shorts review

Truly excellent shorts with a quality that rivals more established brands – but at a much lower price.

La Passione Prestige bib shorts
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Cycling Weekly Verdict

La Passione’s Prestige bib shorts are every bit the equal of those from the more established brands. And, thanks to the direct-to-consumer sales model, they come at a much lower price. The fabric used in the main body of the shorts was breathable and had the perfect amount of stretch to it, while the dense chamois was excellent at sounding out the road buzz on longer rides and quickly wicking sweat in steamier sessions. There really isn’t a bad word to say about them.

Reasons to buy
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    Wonderful feeling fabric

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    Very comfortable chamois

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    Fast wicking

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    Reflective detailing

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    Wide range of colours

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    Huge size range

Reasons to avoid
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    None!

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The Prestige bib shorts are La Passione’s top model and are intended to provide the highest performance and comfort, rivalling the top end shorts from brands – many of which cost more than half as much again than these Italian-made bibs.

La Passione are a relatively new Italian brand with a direct to consumer model, which makes their apparel relatively cheap. It’s not by any means a budget brand  – the prices don’t rival those of Decathlon or Altura and these shorts come in at £145 – rather the intention is to produce similarly top quality kit compared to the likes of Castelli and Assos, but at a price which significantly undercuts these more established brands.

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Stefan Abram
Tech features editor

After winning the 2019 National Single-Speed Cross-Country Mountain Biking Championships and claiming the plushie unicorn (true story), Stefan swapped the flat-bars for drop-bars and has never looked back. 

Since then, he’s earnt his 2ⁿᵈ cat racing licence in his first season racing as a third, completed the South Downs Double in under 20 hours and Everested in under 12.

But his favourite rides are multiday bikepacking trips, with all the huge amount of cycling tech and long days spent exploring new roads and trails - as well as histories and cultures. Most recently, he’s spent two weeks riding from Budapest into the mountains of Slovakia

Height: 177cm

Weight: 67–69kg