{"id":6863,"date":"2016-01-22T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/?p=6863"},"modified":"2016-01-21T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T21:47:40","slug":"the-story-behind-schwalbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/2016\/01\/the-story-behind-schwalbe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind Schwalbe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo by Nathan Hughes at Pinkbike.com<\/p>\n

Nathan Hughes had the opportunity to delve deep into one of the world\u2019s most innovative tire brands, Schwalbe. In his Pinkbike photo essay, The Home Story, Hughes shows us the team behind the tread and their rigorous R&D methods. The article reveals the evolution of the Procore technology and all of the interesting processes that go into producing a tire from start to finish.<\/p>\n

Schwalbe is renowned for its quality tires in all arenas of cycling. However, in the last year the company has earned considerable notoriety for their revolutionary Procore technology. Procore enables riders to run a low psi without risk of a snake bite due to their dual chamber system. The outer chamber is designed to be inflated to a very low psi, while the inner layer next to the rim is intended to be inflated to a high psi. This means you can run a significantly lower pressure in the outer layer than a conventional tire because the inner high-pressure chamber prevents pinch flats, which is normally a risk when you run low pressure. Running low pressure is beneficial to mountain bikers as it provides better grip and compliance on rough terrain.<\/p>\n

Excerpts from Pinkbike.com:<\/p>\n

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Photo by Nathan Hughes at Pinkbike.com<\/p>\n

“There’s this old rivalry between the mountain bikers and roadies at the company, but of course it’s all fun. The roadies are doing some races on a regular basis, for example at the Schwalbe Tour Transalp, an annual road race over the alps, where we even had 4 teams doing the week-long-race. The MTB crew meet up most weekends and some evenings during the summer to ride the amazing trails that we have around the company or at nearby bike parks such as Olpe-Fahlenscheid or Winterberg. It’s not a bad place to ride bikes around here, that’s for sure!”<\/p>\n

Michael Kull \u2013 Schwalbe<\/p>\n

The Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe ProCore design you’ll find on the shelves today, in all its cut-away glory.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo Provided By Nathan Hughes at Pinkbike.com<\/p>\n

“‘The Stabber’ consists of a weighted blade falling from variable height to indicate forces required to pierce tire carcasses, puncture protective layers or complete tires.”<\/p>\n

The Core<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo Provided By Nathan Hughes at Pinkbike.com<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much more potential within a tire than you might think. We have the simple mission to make the best you can get for your bicycle. Over the last two or three years we have a range of new materials from our suppliers that offer us new and very exciting capabilities… More on what to expect from us in the future, I can’t yet say, but we are very excited for what is to come”<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Kull \u2013 Schwalbe<\/p>\n

Click here to view the full story on Pinkbike.com
\n<\/a>Find out more about the Procore system on Schwalbe.com
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