The future is… cross-ply tyres

Japanese tyre giant Bridgestone finally launches a range of cruiser tyres

By Phil West Photographs by Brian J Nelson and Tom Riles

CROSS-PLY TECHNOLOGY Many cruisers are best with cross-ply tyres, so the new H50 will suit them – but a radial version will also follow. “Special compound will double tyre life” FLATTER PROFILE New compound and a flatter profile should, Bridgestone claim, deliver almost double the tyre life. MORE TREAD To aid handling the new H50s have an expanded pattern, with more tread on the shoulder of the tyres. BLACK WALLS Though popular with some cruiser owners, there will be no whitewall tyres in the H50 range. BRIDGESTONE MAY BE among the planet’s leading tyre producers but, until now anyway, there’d been a conspicuous hole in the company’s range: cruiser tyres. This new H50 tyre, which goes on sale in two phases starting early 2017, aims to change that. It signifies the Japanese firm’s return to cross-ply manufacture (heavy cruisers prefer…

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RiDE United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2017

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