The adhesion properties between rubber compounds and steel cord were investigated with respect to the cure rate. Sixteen kinds of rubber compounds whose cure rate indices were ranged from 7 min^-1 to 17 min^-1, were prepared by changing the type and loading amount of accelerators and prevulcanization inhibitor(PVI). Cure properties of rubber com- pounds and the physical and adhesion properties of cured samples were examined. The effect of cure rate on the adhesion properties at initial and aged condition was not significant, if the cure time was optimally determined from the cure rate index. The factors on the cure rate such as type and loading of accelerator and loading of PVI, could be represented integratively in terms of cure rate index to obtain the optimum cure time for a stable adhesion system.