| 摘要 |
A pneumatic tire is provided herein comprising a tread portion having a pair of tread edges. The tread portion is provided with at least two main circumferential grooves and with axial grooves to define tread blocks which are arranged in two or more circumferential rows. The tread blocks comprise shoulder blocks which are between each axially-outermost main circumferential groove and each tread edge. Each of the shoulder blocks is provided with a narrow circumferential shoulder groove so as to subdivide the block axially into an axially-outer shoulder block part and an axially-inner shoulder block part. The axial width of the axially-outer shoulder block part, measured from the tread edge to the narrow circumferential shoulder groove is 0.06 to 0.25 times the tread half-width between one tread edge to a tire equator. The mean groove depth of the narrow circumferential shoulder groove is 0.3 to 1.10 times the groove depth of the main circumferential grooves. Each of the tread blocks in the two or more circumferential rows is provided with one or more sipes extending circumferentially of the tire to divide the tread block into two or more axial parts. The sipe or sipes have a width of 0.2 to 1.5 mm. The sipe or sipes are disposed in the axially-outer shoulder block part. The mean depth of each of the sipe or spies is 0.25 to 1.25 times the mean groove depth of the narrow circumferential shoulder groove.
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