Tires Pirelli Scorpion XC M Smartgrip Lite 29x2.20

The new MTB scorpions subvert current paradigms by offering a performing rubber for each individual consistency of soil, with different developments for each driving style. The innovative Smartgrip compound compound, technological heart of the new tires guarantees mechanical resistance and adherence on dry or wet soils.

Pirelli's off-road rubber is called, not surprisingly, Scorpion MTB (company trademark). As it was already for the Pzero Velo, the road tires that saw Pirelli's return to the bike, also for MTB tires we wanted to choose a name of meaning. The Scorpion, in fact, are the historic Motocross tires of the long P, with which the company has reported over 70 MX world titles like all Pirelli bike tires, the new range of MTB tires was also developed in the center of innovation Pirelli, the R&D laboratories of Milan Bicocca: the main among the 11 Pirelli research centers in the world, which with over 1000 dedicated researchers, allocates around 200 million euros every year for the development and innovation of its tires. The Smartgrip compound compound, the heart of the new tires, was produced in the racing plants of the long P, where the engineering of the mixes of the well -known F1 tires also takes place.

Each measure has its dedicated development
The great experience gained by Pirelli in years of presence in the motocross was made to use, in particular, in the definition of the tread drawings of the MTB scorpion range shape and height of the pieces, distance, cross-link and corners have been designed for maximum efficiency imprint on the specific funds on which it pedals. In drawing the new tires based on the consistency of the land, the engineers of the long P also had to take into account many other variables: from the rider's driving style to the most recent developments in terms of profiles and measures of the circles. For this, in the new Scorpion MTB, construction technology is not the same for all rubber measures: each size benefits from a dedicated development. The combination and interaction of structures, reinforcements, static and dynamic properties of the compound, measures and different designs for the various land, was a technical area of ​​innovation for Pirelli, in terms of product development approach. As from DNA Pirelli, which develops all its products by putting the specific needs of the consumer at the center, the Scorpion MTB range allows the rider to freely choose the measure that most suits your driving style, without fear of compromises on performance.

Characteristics

• Scorpion M (Mixed Terrain - Yellow) are ideal on mixed soils, where changes can also be unpredictable or sudden, from hard -pack to sand, stones, roots.
• Lite: This is the lightest mixed version with even lower rolling resistance.
• Tenuta: compound Smartgrip compound for an uncompromising grip, on dry and wet surfaces.
• Handling: a model designed to be compatible with modern wide profile rims.
• Damping: 120 TPI Tubeless Ready Carcass for greater stability and adherence with a modern driving style at low pressure.
• Protection: compound anti -artist that offers resistance to higher drilling and balanced protection without compromising performance.

Technology

Smartgrip compound: hold on dry and wet without loss of performance
The heart of the MTB Pirelli tire technology is the innovative Smartgrip compound thanks to this specific compound, the "weather" variable does not affect the performance of the new tires, which have been designed to offer adherence and handling with any atmospheric condition. As was already for Smartnettm Silica, who resolved the compromise between rolling resistance and adherence to the wet of the road veils, so it is for the Smartgrip compound, which in the Scorpion MTB closes the gap between laceration resistance and adherence on wet surfaces.