Pirelli is launching the P ZERO Race RS, a tube-type version of its top-end road racing tyre. The new P ZERO Race RS is the latest addition to the P ZERO Race bicycle tyres produced in Pirelli’s Milan-Bollate plant in Italy.
The new clincher model, like all the tyres made by Pirelli Cycling’s Italian factory starting from June 2024, uses rubber that is FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified. As recognised by the NGO, products must be sourced via responsible forest management activities.
P ZERO Race RS is Pirelli’s top-end product in its high-performance road line, in the tube-type segment; and, as it is the case with the all-rounder P ZERO Race TLR and its clincher counterpart P ZERO Race, the new tyre now joins the P ZERO Race TLR RS version, Pirelli’s top of the range tubeless ready tyre.
Pirelli has developed the new P ZERO Race RS specifically to be used with its light, high-performing SmarTUBE inner tube. According to the tyre specialist… ‘Thanks to this combination, it is possible to save nearly 50g per wheel without compromising rolling efficiency.’
Pirelli adds that… ‘In fact, rolling resistance preserves absolute values that are very similar to those of Pirelli’s latest generation of TLR tyres, ensuring responsiveness and a fast, efficient riding experience.’
The P ZERO Race RS clincher tyre uses the SmartEVO2 compound in its original formula. Produced in the same Pirelli plants that create the brand’s motorsport compounds, SmartEVO2 is the result of a ‘smart’ polymer compound.
Pirelli notes that the compound is… ‘chemically treated to enhance the functions of the various polymeric chains – created to simultaneously offer adherence and speed to the tyre, which now have been further improved.’
P ZERO Race RS is positioned as Pirelli’s most advanced version of a tube-type road tyre. It comes in sizes 26-622, 28-622 and 30-622, while its sides come in three colours: Standard, Classic and Retrò. The tyre in size 28-622 weighs 230g.
