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MICHELIN POWER PURE

Starting at: £97.00

Delivery: DELIVERY TO UK, IRELAND, ISLE OF MAN, JERSEY, GUERNSEY, ADDITIONAL CHARGES MAY APPLY TO HIGHLANDS .

MICHELIN

POWER PURE

The lightest dual-compound sports tyre ever designed! * MICHELIN Power Pure is revolutionary on more than one account: to begin with, it marks the introduction of the latest-generation MICHELIN 2CT dual-compound technology. But its main new feature is MICHELIN LTT (Light Tire Technology). The MICHELIN Power Pure weighs 2lbs less than rival tyres*.

A weight saving of 2lbs over rival tyres* 10% less inertia compared with rival tyres** Nimbler handling and greater fun to ride!

What is MICHELIN Light Tire Technology (LTT)? 1 LTT marks a fresh approach to sports tyre design by simultaneously optimising the construction, profile and constituent elements of the tyre. Its mission from the outset was to save weight. 2 LTT employs top-of-the-line materials like aramid fibers, as used in the aerospace industry for example. 3 The thickness of the tread is unchanged!

Unsprung weight Shaving 2lbs off the weight of a modern sport bike which tips the scales at 400lbs might not seem such a big deal. Yet it is, since the weight saving is from a part of the bike that is not covered by the suspension: its so-called unsprung weight. In other words, the lower a bike's unsprung weight, the easier it is to switch from leaning into a right hand turn to leaning into  a left hander. And vice-versa. Gyroscopic forces mean that running a 2lbs lighter tyre is equivalent to saving 6lbs on  rims or 8lbs on brake discs.