A TIRE HAVING AN IMPROVED SHOULDER DESIGN

A tire is disclosed comprising a tread (2), sidewalls (5), a carcass (6) and at least two belt layers (9, 10) arranged radially between the carcass (6) and the tread (2) in a crown area of the tire (1). The tread (2) has at least one axially outer edge portion (3) radially covering an axially outermost edge of at least one of the belt layers (9, 10) and having a rubber composition different from the rubber composition of a neighboring portion of the tread (2). The neighboring portion is adapted to be ground-contacting. One of the sidewalls (5) at least partially covers and contacts an axially outer surface of the axially outer edge portion (3) of the tread (2).