1000 uses for old tubes

Zebee Johnstone said:

http://www.instructables.com/id/10-of-1000-Uses-for-Old-Bicycle-Tubes/

not too sure about the laptop key one....

Zebee

Meant to reply when this first came up. They are great for plant ties
i.e. tying shrubs etc to stakes.

Our local roadies seem to think that they make attractive roadside
decorations or I assume that is why they throw them at the roadside!

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Jack Russell said:

Zebee Johnstone said:

http://www.instructables.com/id/10-of-1000-Uses-for-Old-Bicycle-Tubes/

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not too sure about the laptop key one....

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Zebee

Meant to reply when this first came up. They are great for plant ties
i.e. tying shrubs etc to stakes.

Our local roadies seem to think that they make attractive roadside
decorations or I assume that is why they throw them at the roadside!

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I do my bit by picking them up and taking them home to repair and re-
use.

Unfortunately I can't do that with all the gel/bar wrappers these
[censored] discard. Like at the Alpine Classic, they can lug 50g of
liquid lunch up the hill, but they can't manage to take the wrapper
home to the bin. Even in an event like the MTB Epic, where you are out
enjoying natural beauty by direct contact, wrappers are everywhere. It
appalls me that organisers never take a stand about it. Like some anti-
litter promotions, or heaven help us, an emu parade after. I am in
favour of a report/DQ system.

Donga

Donga said:

Jack Russell said:

Zebee Johnstone said:

http://www.instructables.com/id/10-of-1000-Uses-for-Old-Bicycle-Tubes/
not too sure about the laptop key one....

Meant to reply when this first came up. They are great for plant ties
i.e. tying shrubs etc to stakes.

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Our local roadies seem to think that they make attractive roadside
decorations or I assume that is why they throw them at the roadside!

As do many of the people who commute on Gardiners creek track in
Melbourne; old tubes, tyre levers, bidons, CO2 cartridges from those
people who must have a really urgent commute

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I do my bit by picking them up and taking them home to repair and re-
use.

Quoted message said:

Unfortunately I can't do that with all the gel/bar wrappers these
[censored] discard. Like at the Alpine Classic, they can lug 50g of
liquid lunch up the hill, but they can't manage to take the wrapper
home to the bin. Even in an event like the MTB Epic, where you are out
enjoying natural beauty by direct contact, wrappers are everywhere. It
appalls me that organisers never take a stand about it. Like some anti-
litter promotions, or heaven help us, an emu parade after. I am in
favour of a report/DQ system.

I was amazed at the number of bidons ditched at the side of the road
on the classic, and just in general riding around town.

Similarly the amy's ride down near Geelong; bidons, food wrappers, and
a never ending stream of the ride numbers that had been ditched out of
jersey pockets.

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Donga

Adrian

Quoted message said:

I was amazed at the number of bidons ditched at the side of the road
on the classic, and just in general riding around town.

Similarly the amy's ride down near Geelong; bidons, food wrappers, and
a never ending stream of the ride numbers that had been ditched out of
jersey pockets.

Blame it on TDF coverage?

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Quoted message said:

http://www.instructables.com/id/10-of-1000-Uses-for-Old-Bicycle-Tubes/

not too sure about the laptop key one....

Zebee

I use old tubes for many different things in the shed and I always have a
few handy of various diameters so that I only need a pair of scissors to
make rubber bands or bits of rubber of various length. Here are a few uses
that I came up with:

- I have 6 inches or so of mtb tube slipped over my dog's lead with a couple
of plastic bags stuffed in it so that I always have them with me when I am
walking the dog.

- Road tube tied to workbench is what I us to stop my shed door blowing shut

- Inner tubes over the jaws of my workshop stand (Gripsport) to protect my
bikes

- dodgy replacement for the grip on my son's cricket bat

- rubber bands around various tools in my seat bag to keep them together and
stop them rattling

- use road tubes to lash together bamboo stakes for the vege garden
(tomatoes, beans, etc)

- put a layer under light mounts before attaching to my bikes

I'm sure that there are plenty of other uses that people have found for
inner tubes!!!

Gags

Gags said:

I'm sure that there are plenty of other uses that people have found for
inner tubes!!!

-Hinges
-Catapult elastic
-Flap valves
-Washers
-Blister kit (combined with superglue, it worked, but not one I'd try
again in a hurry)
-sliced into rings as tyres for Lego toys (loooong ago)
-probably many, many others too

Graeme

Gags said:

I'm sure that there are plenty of other uses that people have found for
inner tubes!!!

A friend uses old tubes knotted to some heavy wire hooks as ockie straps to
secure touring loads.

I have cut up a bit of tube to make a quick & easy light mount for my Fenix
P1D 3W led torch.

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PeteSig said:

Gags said:

I'm sure that there are plenty of other uses that people have found for
inner tubes!!!

A friend uses old tubes knotted to some heavy wire hooks as ockie straps to
secure touring loads.

I have cut up a bit of tube to make a quick & easy light mount for my Fenix
P1D 3W led torch.

My most unusual use of one was repairing the water-level sensor in my
washing machine. It's sort of like a small plastic pill bottle, that
had had a hole chewed in it by rodents while it was stored for a year
in my shed. I used a small cylinder of innertube around the outside,
coated with plenty of silicone goo on the inside. Working just fine
for 6 months now.

BTH

BT Humble said:

PeteSig said:

Gags said:

I'm sure that there are plenty of other uses that people have found for
inner tubes!!!

A friend uses old tubes knotted to some heavy wire hooks as ockie straps to
secure touring loads.

I have cut up a bit of tube to make a quick & easy light mount for my Fenix
P1D 3W led torch.

My most unusual use of one was repairing the water-level sensor in my
washing machine. It's sort of like a small plastic pill bottle, that
had had a hole chewed in it by rodents while it was stored for a year
in my shed. I used a small cylinder of innertube around the outside,
coated with plenty of silicone goo on the inside. Working just fine
for 6 months now.

BTH

Around the handle bar, to slip over the brake lever to hold the brake
on, usefull when on the train to stop the bike rolling about.

Ted.
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:10:51 -0800 (PST), Graeme Dods
<[email hidden]> wrote in aus.bicycle:

Quoted message said:

-Hinges
-Catapult elastic
-Flap valves
-Washers
-Blister kit (combined with superglue, it worked, but not one I'd try
again in a hurry)
-sliced into rings as tyres for Lego toys (loooong ago)
-probably many, many others too

They're [censored] for any real elastic use because inner tubes are no
longer made of rubber and don't seem to have much elasticity. So
Catapults are out which is a pity.

Regards
Harold

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius

Ted Linnell said:

Around the handle bar, to slip over the brake lever to hold the brake
on, usefull when on the train to stop the bike rolling about.

Yes, friends of mine do this. However I prefer an 'old school' toe-strap,
more positive and will not fail due to weathering and sun.

Great to have a hand-brake, with this on I can happily leave my bike
standing on it's kickstand in the train. It won't roll nor move, despite the
carriage's rocking.

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Dinsdale Pirana said:

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:10:51 -0800 (PST), Graeme Dods
<[email hidden]> wrote in aus.bicycle:

Quoted message said:

-Hinges
-Catapult elastic
-Flap valves
-Washers
-Blister kit (combined with superglue, it worked, but not one I'd try
again in a hurry)
-sliced into rings as tyres for Lego toys (loooong ago)
-probably many, many others too

They're [censored] for any real elastic use because inner tubes are no
longer made of rubber and don't seem to have much elasticity. So
Catapults are out which is a pity.

It was a while ago and may even have been from my dad's old delivery
bike, which could add another decade or three on to the age of the
tube. Apparently I am too old for catapults these days (or so my wife
tells me), probably just as well as I've since discovered that the
type of catapult I used to have is illegal in Australia (just because
it had a nice wee wrist support on it).

Graeme