Why Challenge Tyres?
The only touch point that a bicycle has with the road is the tyres. So why compromise the feel of your wonderfully-expensive bike by using a lesser tyre?
Challenge tyres can help reduce shock and reduce rolling resistance, leading to an overall more comfortable, faster and longer ride! Some of this is achieved by using a certain type of rubber or rubber compound. Challenge manufactures tyres where natural rubber drips from the trees – they don't use artificially produced petroleum-based rubber and then harden it with heat.
But of great importance is also the type casing used in combination with the quality rubber tread.
A high-end, flexible casing provides more grip as it allows more tread adherence with the ground.
A high-end, flexible casing provides more comfort due to greater shock absorption.
A high-end flexible casing is key to achieving lower rolling resistance in a tyre, which translates directly to improved performance, speed, and comfort.
Better grip and handling, more speed and comfort also allow for a longer lasting ride.
The density of the weave of the casing is expressed in TPI (Threads per Inch of material), the greater the TPI count, the finer the thread and denser the weave.
A greater TPI count casing is actually the more supple and flexible but also stronger at the same time. Challenge ranges from a ‘low’ of 220TPI to the higher +1000TPI.
The more supple & flexible the casing, the more comfort and most of all the more adherence and grip to the road, therefore achieving the most speed.
The ‘Handmade’ process preserves the properties of natural rubber intact as well as the suppleness of the casings, allowing for unsurpassed adherence of the tyre, guaranteeing an optimal and confident bike handling for enhanced safety especially when cornering.