Bridgestone Potenza RE050A is a summer tyre made in total of 90 sizes, ranging from R15 to R15 - this particular dimension is R17, which means it fits to a 17 inch/431.8mm diameter wheel. 225/50 R17 is 50mm wider than the narrowest dimension (175) and 80mm narrower than the widest one (305). This tyre profile of 50 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 50% of the tyre width (225mm), which results in 112.5mm sidewall height. In 225/50 R17, there are 2 possible speed indexes for Bridgestone Potenza RE050A - "V","Y", which are good for speeds up to 240, 300 km/h. In 225/50 R17, Potenza RE050A usually competes against Premitra HP5, which is a tyre from Maxxis with a rating of 56%, compared to 0% of the Bridgestone in question.