Patent ID: 8245745

Claim:
A pneumatic tire provided with a main groove extending along a tire circumferential direction, and a land portion comparted by the main groove, in a tread surface, wherein a single reinforcing member having a cord which is inclined at an angle between 75 and 90 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction is buried in an inner region of the land portion, namely, the reinforcing member is buried just above the groove bottom height, or is offset to an inner surface side of the tire with a distance from the groove bottom height of 1 mm or less, or is offset to the tread surface side from the groove bottom height by not more than a height of a tread wear indicator, and the reinforcing member has the same width in the tire width direction as, or is narrower than, the land portion and is arranged in such a way as to avoid an inner region of the groove bottom of the main groove.