TIRE
DRIVE
April 27, 2023
To provide a narrow and large-diameter tire capable of improving noise performance at high speeds without compromising handling performance at low temperatures. The tire has a tread portion formed of an elastomer composition. A relationship between a tire outer diameter (Dt) and a tire cross-sectional width (Wt) satisfy a following expression (1). The tread portion includes at least one circumferential groove extending in a tire circumferential direction. A rubber thickness at a groove bottom of the circumferential groove is 0.05 to 0.25 times a maximum thickness of the tread portion. The elastomer composition has a phase difference δ of 5.0×10π [rad] or less between a maximum value of strain and a maximum value of stress when repeatedly deformed at a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and a frequency of 10 Hz in a dynamic viscoelasticity test; 1963.4≤(×π/4)/≤2827.4 (1).
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