METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TIRE FOR TESTING, AND METHOD FOR SETTING TREAD REMOVAL SHAPE

A method of manufacturing a test tire and a method of setting a tread removal shape include, in a cross-sectional view, moving an outline of a tread surface (13A) to set a remaining groove outline (30), setting a point (B) at the intersection of a line segment extending radially from a point (A), on the tread surface (13A) at a position corresponding to 70% to 80% of the tread width, and the remaining groove outline (30), setting the remaining groove outline (30) farther inward in the tire width direction than point (B) as a first removal reference line (31), setting a line passing through point (B) and a point (L), where a straight line (33) yielded by a tangent (32) to the tread surface (13A) at point (A) being translated to point (B), intersects the outer surface in the tire width direction, as a second removal reference line (34), and removing a portion of the tread (13), with reference to a tread removal shape (35) defined by the first removal reference line (31) and the second removal reference line (34), to manufacture a test tire (50).