Potenza RE050A Pole Position RFT
- Model: Potenza RE050A Pole Position RFT
- Brand: Bridgestone
- Vehicle Type: Passenger
- Tire Type: Performance
- Segment: Ultra High Performance Summer
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Features & Benefits
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Feature: Summer Tread Design
Benefit: Offers tenacious grip and superior handling on wet or dry roads for driving enthusiasts. -
Feature: L.L. Carbon (Long Link)
Benefit: Helps improve tread wear and resist cracking, chipping and tearing through the use of a special long length carbon structure -
Feature: Steel belt construction
Benefit: Adds durability and resists punctures -
Feature: Spiral Wrap
Benefit: Encircles the whole tire with a continuous nylon wrap , helping the tire hold its original shape to improve high speed capability. -
Feature: Circumferential Grooves And Special 3D Block
Benefit: Help channel water out of the footprint area to improve resistance to hydroplaning -
Feature: CO-CS (Computer Optimized Component System)
Benefit: Maximizes tire performance by optimizing the appropriate combination of tread design, casing shape, materials, and construction. -
Feature: Reinforced Sidewall
Benefit: Support the weight of the vehicle and passenger even with a loss of air pressure with thicker sidewall, generally designed for RFT tires, made of special heat-resistant rubber -
Feature: Continuous Center Rib
Benefit: Helps reduce noise while providing constant road contact to enhance straight-line stability. Enhance responsiveness, as well as wet and dry traction when accelerating or braking. -
Feature: Asymmetrical tread pattern
Benefit: Features large tread block elements on the outside shoulder features for dry performance, while the inner shoulder is comprised of a greater number of smaller tread elements to improve wet weather and snow traction without significantly sacrificing dry performance. -
Feature: O-Bead
Benefit: Improves uniformity and ride comfort through use of a single continuous strand of cable in the bead construction
Specifications
Speed Rating
| Available Sizes | Speed Rating | Load Index | Technology | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P275/35R18 | Y | 87 | RUN FLAT | - |
| P325/30R19 | Y | 94 | RUN FLAT | - |
Safety Warning: Serious injury may result from tire failure due to underinflation/overloading. Follow owner’s manual and tire placard in vehicle.
Tire Technology
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Other Tire Technology
Spiral Wrap Shoulder Strips are continuous nylon wraps used to reinforce the tire. Placed between the steel belts and the tread, it encircles the entire tire. Unlike the conventional wraps and layers, Spiral Wrap does not have a seam, so the tire is reinforced without having an added stress point which could alter tire shape and have a negative effect on tire performance.
This design hasn't always been an exact science. Engineers relied on their experience and various design theories when developing new products. But now, our innovative COCS (Computer Optimized Component System) technology uses a supercomputer to determine the ideal combination of tread design, casing shape, materials, and construction based on consumer benefit criteria. Performing thousands of "what if" calculations and creating incredibly detailed tire simulations, COCS takes the guesswork out of designing tires. COCS makes it possible to create an endless diversity of tire designs to meet the demands of the consumer of today and tomorrow.
Sipes lengthen to improve new performance on wet surfaces and helps maintain wet performance as the tire wears.
A reinforcing material used in conjunction with carbon black.
If you can imagine the inefficiency of a rolling egg, you can understand the inefficiency of many tire and rim assemblies which are less than precisely round. Now, O-Bead changes the way the tire interacts with the rim, creating a rounder assembly. The "bead" is a cable inside a tire that helps the tire grip on the rim. On most tires, there are overlapped joints where the ends of the bead meet. O-Bead eliminates the overlapped joints by using a single, continuous strand of cable. This helps eliminate tiny, unwanted gaps between the tire and the rim, and creates a rounder tire assembly, for improved driving on straightaways and handling stability.