As if flying up and down boulder-strewn mountainsides in spandex shorts wasn’t stressful enough on your body and your skinny bicycle tires, add electric assist and, well, your old bike tires aren’t up to it anymore. Enter Pirelli with some new high-tech rubber.
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PIRELLI PRESENTS SCORPION E-MTB

THE E-MOUNTAINBIKE TIRE WHICH COMBINES RESISTANCE,

SUSTAINABILITY AND LIGHTWEIGHT

Pirelli launches Scorpion E-MTB, a new product family of tires dedicated to electric mountain bikes. Robust, durable, aggressive, they promise maximum performance to support the hard workloads of the latest generation e-mtbs. The SmartGRIP+ compound enhanced by Lignin offers top performances as well as attention to the environment.
(July 6, 2020) – Pirelli expands its presence into the e-off road world and presents Scorpion E-MTB, its first line of tires dedicated to electric mountain bikes.
The characterizing concept of the new product line is the proposal of a series of models tailored to the needs of this type of bike, where the assistance of the engine subjects the tires to stress that is higher on average than traditional MTB tires.
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