The new Scorpion MTB overturn current paradigms by offering a high-performance tire for every single terrain consistency

With a sporting history of over 110 years, P lunga leverages and makes available to cycling the enormous wealth of knowledge, patents, tests, innovations, and technologies developed since its founding in 1872 to today.

Today, P lunga presents Scorpion MTB, the range dedicated to Mountain Bikes, which shifts the focus from the bike to the terrain, offering tires suitable for any type of surface and ensuring road holding, handling, speed, and grip, regardless of climate and weather conditions. Like all Pirelli Velo bike tires, the new MTB tire range was developed at Pirelli's innovation center, the R&D laboratories in Milan Bicocca: the main one among Pirelli's 11 research centers worldwide, which, with over 1000 dedicated researchers, allocates about 200 million euros annually for the development and innovation of its tires.

Each size has its dedicated development
The extensive experience gained by Pirelli over years in Motocross has been particularly applied in defining the tread patterns of the Scorpion MTB range: shape and height of the knobs, spacing, cross-link, and angles have been studied for maximum footprint efficiency on the specific surfaces ridden. When designing the new tires based on terrain consistency, P lunga's engineers also had to consider many other variables: from the rider's style to the latest developments in rim profiles and sizes. For this reason, the construction technology in the new Scorpion MTB is not the same for all tire sizes: each size benefits from dedicated development. The combination and interaction of structures, reinforcements, static and dynamic properties of the compound, sizes, and different patterns for various terrains have been a technical innovation area for Pirelli in terms of product development approach. As per Pirelli's DNA, which develops all its products focusing on the specific needs of the consumer, the Scorpion MTB range allows the rider to freely choose the size that best suits their riding style without fearing compromises on performance.

Features

• The Scorpion S (Soft Terrain - blue) perform best on loose and soft surfaces.

• Grip: SmartGrip Compound for uncompromising grip on dry and wet surfaces.

• Handling: a model designed to be compatible with modern wide-profile rims.

• Damping: Tubeless ready carcass at 120 Tpi for greater stability and adherence with a modern low-pressure riding style.

• Protection: a tear-resistant compound with additional reinforcement (120 Tpi) on the tire shoulders for superior protection against punctures and cuts.

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