Pneumatic tire with surface fastener and method of manufacturing same

A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire with a surface fastener, the surface fastener comprising a plurality of first engaging elements, the method comprising:

• engaging a plurality of second engaging elements of a sheet-shaped protective member with the first engaging elements of the surface fastener to attach the protective member to the surface fastener;
• disposing the surface fastener in an unvulcanized tire so that a surface on a side opposite that of a surface on which the first engaging elements are provided is closely fitted to an inner surface of the tire;
• causing a plurality of anchoring elements to dig into the inner surface of the tire upon the disposing of the surface fastener in the unvulcanized tire, wherein the surface fastener comprises the anchoring elements on the surface on the side opposite that of the surface on which the first engaging elements are provided;
• and
• vulcanizing the unvulcanized tire comprising the surface fastener using a vulcanizer equipped with a vulcanization bladder;
• wherein
• the first engaging elements of the surface fastener are hooks and the protective member is a fabric comprising fibers as the second engaging elements;
• a relationship of a width W2 of the protective member to a width W1 of the surface fastener is such that 0.3≤W2/W1<1.0;
• and
• the surface fastener and the protective member have a post-vulcanization engagement force of 20 g/cm to 400 g/cm, the post-vulcanization engagement force being a force for separating the surface fastener and the protective member.