| abstract |
A pneumatic tire comprising at least one component, the at least one component comprising a rubber composition comprising the rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer, from 1 to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of diene based elastomer (phr) of cellulose fiber, and from 1 to 20 phr of a substituted polyisoprene comprising units of formula I, wherein —R comprises hydrogen and a substituent group of structure II n n n n n n n n n n wherein the number of substituent groups of structure II occurring per substituted polyisoprene molecule ranges from 1 to 5, and the weight average molecular weight of the substituted polyisoprene ranges from 20000 to 30000. |