| Panaracer bicycle tires were not the first product | | | | Pro-Tour events and is known for great performance. |
| produced by this company. They once manufactured | | | | There is also another innovation featured in the |
| commercial and consumer rubber products of many | | | | Panaracer Fire XC Pro series of tires. It also employs |
| different types. However, in 1978 the company | | | | the latest improvement in the tire's bead. The "bead" |
| sharpened its focus and began to produce some of | | | | has traditionally been a hoop of metal surrounding the |
| the finest bicycle tires on the market. For over 2 | | | | edge of a clincher tire. It hooks onto the rim, holding the |
| decades tires have been their only product and they | | | | liner and inner tube to the rim. This is a strong and sure |
| have produced tires with single-minded devotion. A | | | | method of keeping the tire in place, but the metal adds |
| few of their earlier models were so ground-breaking | | | | weight to the wheels. Keeping the tire and rim |
| and popular that they are still in production and use | | | | lightweight is essential to racers. A couple of ounces |
| today. | | | | can mean that races are won and lost by fractions of |
| Panaracer bike tires are still being produced in Japan, | | | | seconds. |
| its native country. This manufacturer believes that | | | | The answer to this dilemma is Kevlar. A lightweight |
| domestic production allows the Panaracer tire to | | | | metal was needed to replace the metal in the |
| maintain a higher level of quality control. No less than | | | | Panaracer Fire XC Pro tire as well as many of their |
| seven full-time research and development engineers | | | | other models. Kevlar is lighter weight but does not |
| are employed to bring the most up-to-date compounds | | | | sacrifice the strength the traditional metal hoops offer. |
| and technology to the product line. This commitment to | | | | This tire also employs a unique system of knobs |
| quality is evident in their cutting-edge designs like the | | | | positioned in multiple directions to improve its traction |
| Panaracer XC models. | | | | when riding on the sides. Most cyclists recommend |
| Professional racers will tell you that this is a fast tire | | | | that this tire is perhaps best used on gravel and other |
| designed for marathon racing. The special design of | | | | hard-packed surfaces rather than pavement. |
| this tire gives it even greater speed. It contains a | | | | If cyclocross is your sport Panaracer offer a line of |
| compound Panaracer calls ZSG. Made of a blend of | | | | cyclocross tires. With cyclocross being such a |
| silica and carbon, this compound is part of the core of | | | | strenuous sport it requires the highest level of |
| the company's breakthrough "Tangent Delta | | | | performance from its participant and their equipment. |
| Technology." Any serious cyclist will tell you that this | | | | Panaracer tires are always up to the challenge. |
| creation greatly improves the overall durability of all | | | | Bicyclists experience so many different surfaces that |
| Panaracer tires. | | | | a rider must conquer during a cyclocross event require |
| Ask any bicyclist how ZSG compound gives | | | | a tire of exceptional versatility and durability. A |
| Panaracer tires their characteristic durability and | | | | Panaracer tire never disappoints. |
| versatility. ZSG comes in multiple formulations, each for | | | | Whether the sport is cyclocross, marathons or the |
| a specific use. These are the differences, one has a | | | | ritual of daily training, Panaracer tires have a product to |
| better grip of wet surfaces and wears longer while | | | | fit the conditions. Superior technology, methodical |
| another is softer and more flexible yet still durable. It's | | | | research and exemplary quality control will ensure that |
| made for aggressive riding applications. A third, the | | | | these tires will remain a staple at racing events around |
| newest member of the trilogy, combines all of the best | | | | the world. |
| aspects of the other two. It is seen frequently on | | | | |