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E-bike “that’s engineered and built like a motorcycle”

Eskuta

Launching in early April, the SX-250 series III from Nuneaton-based e-mobility company Eskuta, combines the design features of a motorcycle with all the cost-saving benefits of an e-bike, says the manufacturer. The SX-250 provides an alternative to the more traditionally styled electric bikes currently on offer. Enhanced features include, rear view mirrors, indicators, motorcycle grade adjustable suspension, a motorcycle grade braking system, handlebar controls, LED lighting, alarm, immobiliser, keyless-go and alloy wheels with tubeless tyres.

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Michelin updates bicycle range with Power Cup

A new range of premium Michelin bicycle tyres has arrived, shipped in packaging that is now 100 per cent recyclable. Michelin says it designed the Michelin Power Cup for “road cyclists looking for the ultimate performance” and promises that this new range “offers something for everyone” – from riders racing in the Grand Tours to enthusiastic amateurs who just want the optimum riding performance.

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Pirelli launches P Zero Race 4S for road bikes

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Pirelli has introduced a new tyre, aimed specifically at road bikes. Named the P Zero Race 4S, it is the first 100 per cent made in Italy product since Pirelli’s return to the cycling arena since the company’s return to this market in 2017.

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Pirelli introduces new lightweight tubular cycle tyre

A little more than three years after returning to professional cycling, Pirelli is preparing to launch an innovation that will redefine the bicycle tubular tyre; the P Zero Race Tub SL. The new rubber, equipped with a special inner tube, guarantees a reduction in overall tyre weight of more than 10 per cent, while maintaining the same grip, smoothness and reliability characteristics.

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Pirelli and racing legend Fabien Barel develop new range of Gravity Racing tyres

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Pirelli has announced a technical partnership with three-time Downhill world champion Fabien Barel for the development of a new line of Scorpion mountain bike tyres aimed specifically at the world of Gravity Racing (Downhill and Enduro racing).

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Vittoria invests 10 million euros in Italy Cycling Innovation Centre

Vittoria

Vittoria, the bicycle tyre brand famous for using graphene in its compounds, has invested 10 million euros in quadrupling its Brembate (Bergamo, Northern Italy) premises from 10,000 to 40,000 square metres. The expansion project will see the company add a Cycling Innovation Centre and Bike Park.

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Pirelli extends winter know-how to bike tyres

We don’t usually cover bicycle tyres on Tyrepress.com but have made an exception this time as Pirelli’s utilised its experience with car winter tyres to develop the first winter tyre for pedal-powered and electric bikes. Called the Pirelli CYCL-e Winter, the tyre aims to provide mobility to those who want to keep on riding during the colder months.

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Two new e-bikes in Pirelli CYCL-e around rental service

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Pirelli

Pirelli’s bike rental service is supplying two new e-bikes, the Nomades for urban use and the Montagel for gravel tracks, to hotels and businesses. The two e-bikes will be integrated into some rental packages and also available for direct purchase through the brand’s CYCL-e around website. Pirelli has recently added several new cycling tyres to its range, while its bike rental service presents further support for its sustainable and active mobility interests. It is particularly emphasising the use of its rental service for urban travel or vacation use. Therefore, CYCL-e around targets high-level hotels and companies that want to make a practical and sustainable vehicle available to employees and visitors. The two new Pirelli e-bikes are made in collaboration with Stajvelo, one of the emerging players in electric mobility, based in Monaco. For more information, visit our sister website in Italy, PneusNews.it.

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Pirelli P Zero Race range leads manufacturer’s range for road race bikes

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Pirelli has launched the tubeless P Zero Race TLR and P Zero Race TLR SL flagship tyres for high-performance cycling. The brand returned to cycling in June 2017, reflecting a recent trend for global tyre brands producing new tyres for pedal-powered two-wheelers following global growth in cycling. Three years after the launch of the P Zero Velo clincher, Pirelli says the new tubeless-ready road tyres complete its cycling tyre range.

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Continental forms new ‘Specialty Tires’ business unit 

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Continental

Continental has announced the reorganisation of various global specialist tyre activities into a single ‘Specialty Tyres’ business unit. Formed on 1 July, the company has combined its ‘Commercial Specialty Tires’, ‘Two Wheel Tires’ and ‘Hoosier Racing Tire’ business areas under the new umbrella unit. The result of the reorganisation means the entire Continental speciality tyre business will be developed, manufactured and distributed worldwide under the new unit. It brings together tyres for material handling, the agricultural, port, and construction sectors, bicycle and motorcycle tyres, and tyres for racing. The move continues the evolution of various specialist tyre segments within the company, begun at the start of 2013, when Conti renamed its industrial tyres business ‘Commercial Specialty Tires’.

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Kenda denies Indonesia relocation plans

Kenda Rubber Industrial has been producing bicycle and motorcycle tyres at its Indonesia plant since 2015. According to local media reports, the Taiwanese manufacturer now wants to move production capacity from China to Indonesia.

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Pirelli presents Scorpion E-MTB electric mountain bike tyre

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Pirelli has launched Scorpion E-MTB, its first line of electric mountain bike tyres. The manufacturer says the tyres are tailored to the needs of this type of bike, in which the engine assistance subjects the tyres to stress that is higher on average than traditional MTB tyres. It has put into practice its experiences with motor powered vehicles in the Scorpion E-MTB development. It adds that sustainability, so important in the design considerations for the tyre, is also the basis for its return to the cycling market.

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Two awards for Continental dandelion rubber bicycle tyres

Continental

Continental has been recognised for its bicycle tyres manufactured with dandelion rubber with a brace of design awards. The Urban Taraxagum has won the prestigious Red Dot Design award, and the E-Bike Design & Innovation Award in the Sustainability & Green category by Focus E-Bike magazine. The two awards recognised different aspects of the tyre. The Red Dot Award lauded the design of the tread of the tyre, based on the cell shape of the dandelion. Meanwhile Focus E-Bike commended the sustainability of rubber extraction from dandelions.

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Pirelli partners Trek-Segafredo cycling team

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Pirelli has partnered with the prestigious World Tour Team Trek-Segafredo. Its first official presence after signing the partnership is now underway at the Santos Tour Down Under in Australia, where the team’s athletes, including the reigning UCI world champion Mads Pedersen, are riding on Pirelli’s P Zero Velo Tubular tyres.

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Vidit Jain joins Ralson Tyres

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The former chief of research and development at Alliance Tire, Vidit Jain, has joined bicycle tyre manufacturer Ralson Tyres India. Jain now leads a Greenfield project for the company that produces and exports bicycle tubes and tyres.

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