Pneumatic tire with removably mounted run-flat load support bodies

A pneumatic tire, comprising:

• an annular tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction;
• a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion;
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• a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side of the sidewall portions in a tire radial direction, wherein
• a pair of run-flat load support bodies is disposed extending along the tire circumferential direction one on an inner side of each of the respective sidewall portions, and the load support body is removably mounted to an inner surface of the respective sidewall portion via a mechanical engagement device, the mechanical engagement device being disposed only on the inner surface of the respective sidewall portion;
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• the pneumatic tire is configured such that the mechanical engagement device is disposed only on a radially outermost part of a region of a surface of the respective run-flat load support body contacting the inner surface of the respective sidewall portion during run-flat traveling, and in the other part of the region the respective run-flat load support body directly contacts the inner surface of the respective sidewall portion without the mechanical engagement device being interposed therebetween.