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PIRELLI AND WORLD CHAMPION FABIEN BAREL DEVELOP A NEW RANGE OF SCORPION TYRES FOR GRAVITY RACING
Pirelli announces the technical partnership with the three-time Downhill world champion for the development of a new line of Scorpion MTB tyres dedicated to the DH and Enduro racing world
Pirelli - Fabien Barel
Milan, Italy, 14
th April 2021 - Just 2 years after the arrival on the market of its mountain bike tyres, the Scorpion MTB, Pirelli is working hard on a new line that is specifically dedicated to the Gravity Racing world.
In the long process of research and prototyping, which began two years ago and is now in the final stage of development, Pirelli engineers have involved an absolute star of the Downhill luminary: Frenchman, Fabien Barel.
another element of gravity racing that fred nearly didn t walk away from. what are the risks? risks are very high. fred s had our worst injury. he was doing about 64, touched wheels with another car, slid off the road, hit a tree, and set down. all that happened in about 1.2 seconds. what broke? shattered the tibia, fibula. i have ten pins and two plates. fred s knee, exhibit a. fred s cautionary tale is more sufficient to make me think twice about strapping myself into a gravity car, but fran s enthusiasm is impossible to overcome, plus it looks like fun. i m assuming this is only sensible way in. if there was any sense involved in this, you wouldn t be here. yeah, the word sensible, really i didn t notice it on your facebook page. you never, ever want to touch the brakes. okay. this whole thing is about momentum and maintaining that momentum. all these other guys that are