Pirelli has presented the P ZERO Race 4S TLR road bicycle tyre, the tubeless version of the Pirelli all season tyre, produced in the company’s renovated Milano-Bollate facility in Italy.
The new tyre has remained aesthetically unchanged from the tube type version and incorporates new technologies and prior patents. The P ZERO Race 4S TLR features a tread made with the award-winning SmartNET Silica compound, the same used in the CINTURATO Velo tyre.
Pirelli notes that its patented mix of materials… ‘SmartNET is a silica-based molecule whose configuration differs from traditional silica molecules: its elongated stick form has a natural self-aligning tendency, providing numerous advantages in terms of performance.
‘Among these, the most prized for use in the all-season tyre is certainly its natural chemical affinity for water, and more generally, with low temperatures, which creates a product with outstanding qualities on wet and/or typical cold-weather surfaces.’
Combined with the external SmartNET Silica, the structure of the P ZERO Race 4S TLR is equipped internally with SPEEDCORE technology, which uses a layer of compound containing Aramid particulate.
Pirelli adds that SPEEDCORE technology favours the hold of air, has low resistance to rolling and offers increased protection against punctures. This new technology was developed thanks to Pirelli’s experience in the field of racing compounds. It was introduced for the first time on the market with the P ZERO Race TLR tyre, also a product of the Milano-Bollate facility.
The use of SPEEDCORE technology is claimed to make the tyre casing roll smoothly; and the combination with the SmartNET Silica compound – which favours grip even on wet surfaces typical of autumn and winter – result in a product to use all year long, with all-round performance.
P ZERO Race 4S TLR is available in 28-622, 30-622 and soon in size 32-622.
