http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Uses for a dead inner tubes en Tue, 19 May 2026 19:36:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-261649 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:13:56 +0000 acsimpson 261649@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a belt made from an old tyre. Even that is a bit sweaty and still smells after a few years. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-261555 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:32:14 +0000 I were right about that saddle 261555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One size fits all waterproof jumpers. Heavy, slightly fishy smelling but very practical. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-261550 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:14:42 +0000 gembo 261550@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used to walk around Edinburgh and Glasgow in a huge rubber raincoat that belonged to a Lighthouse Keeper</p> <p>If you wert in the cauld blast in kept you dry.</p> <p>Eventually said lighthouse keeper spotted me wearing his coat (he never wore it) and asked for it back</p> <p>Rubber jumpers though like Endura's version of The Gabba are very niche</p> <p>Madame IWRATs knits more than juimpers. Try whole solar systems for small aliens </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-261548 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:05:11 +0000 unhurt 261548@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Waterproof jumpers? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-261535 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:22:57 +0000 I were right about that saddle 261535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Madame IWRATS shreds and knits them. True fact. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-261534 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:15:35 +0000 TractorFactory 261534@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have in the past used them as above for spacers on light brackets to stop them slipping but my most recent different use was for my skateboarding shoes.</p> <p>Skateboarding shoes used to have patches of rubber on the leading side of the shoes to stop the skateboard abrasion making holes in the side of the shoe. They since stopped this either out of fashion or targeted use life. I used a shaped cut of inner tube glued to the sides on my shoes to re-create this and make my shoes last a bit longer....</p> <p>worked as well although in future, I'll need to roughen up the glued surface as it did come away earlier than I needed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-261488 Sun, 24 Sep 2017 15:04:07 +0000 gembo 261488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We had a spectacular blow out on the west linton moor road this morning. Such that the tyre which had clearly seen better days was badly ripped and torn. We manage to saw the valve off the old inner tube with a Yale type key and used the rubber as a lining inside the destroyed tyre then added new tube. Got our tallest rider home (he is part Dutch, part wookie). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26806 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:04:17 +0000 SRD 26806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>how unnecessary (and smelly). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26805 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:00:04 +0000 miggy_magic 26805@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DC, not quite :-) He lights them with a lighter or whatever and it helps fuel a fire in damp conditions as the rubber burns steadily. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26804 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:47:43 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 26804@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That would explain my tyre spontaneously combusting last week... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26802 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:40:49 +0000 DaveC 26802@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Maiggy_magic, Ray Mears rubs them together to make fires? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26799 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:17:28 +0000 kaputnik 26799@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just to elaborate, I'm using it as well as bar tape, not instead of - as you don't get yellow inner choobs! Hoping it will provide a little bit more padding / vibration damping.</p> <p>Like Alex Moulton and his rubber block suspension. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26793 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:37:18 +0000 miggy_magic 26793@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ray Mears uses them to start fires (as I recall). Even when wet, they catch. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26792 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:28:26 +0000 recombodna 26792@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to wikipedia "The exact origin was unknown and was subject to much speculation.[4] An improbable explanation told of Norbert Casteret, an early French caver, having his dog Snoupi castrated by the local vet using a bicycle inner tube as a tourniquet. In reality Snoopy Loops were named by Dave Morris, a Cave Diving Group caver who noticed how they 'snooped' around boulders. It was considered a ridiculous name at the time. [5]" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26786 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:11:50 +0000 DaveC 26786@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some nice ideas there. I like the handle bar tape replacement idea.<br /> I'm a diver and I've used snoopy loops to secure regulator hoses to my spare cylinder. I don't know why they're calle Snoopy loops but I've asked on a Dive forum.<br /> I've also used them to make small rubber bands to hold stuff down which rattle when I'm on my bike, like my knees, and my tiny brain in my head. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26784 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:57:22 +0000 druidh 26784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They make great chainstay protectors, wrapped around a few times and secured with a couple of zip-ties. Much more effective than the "bought" ones and they don't end up with grit and dampness underneath. </p> <p>I'm afraid it's one of those times when I make a crap salesman. If folk come into the shop and ask for a chainstay protector I end up giving them an old inner tube..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-26783 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:51:57 +0000 kaputnik 26783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5527289593/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5527289593_5259e8c5dd.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5527289593/">Another use for old inner tubes</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kaputniq/">kaputniq</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-7912 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:29:53 +0000 gembo 7912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How many patches would you consider as max before moving on to new tube?, I found one still inflatable tube in my collection with seven repairs (obviously this was pre my use of Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres). Some 40mm tubes might make a rubber ring for swimming in the river? Don't think they'd let you in a swimming pool with one? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-7893 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:18:40 +0000 wee folding bike 7893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Used one to tie a bamboo tree to the climbing frame while I waited for a the bed to be ready for planting it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-7890 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:48:58 +0000 Smudge 7890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Scuba divers use old inner tubes of various sizes from car downwards, what you do is cut slices of tube to give you small rubber loops, the common nickname is "snoopy loops", no idea why! They can be used, depending on the size, to keep hoses, straps etc tidy and to stow things about your kit. I'm sure they could work for attaching awkward things to pannier racks/frames/whatever, best bit is they're free and waterproof ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-7889 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:47:34 +0000 Arellcat 7889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use small strips of inner tube between handlebar and mounting brackets for lights, computers, GPS and so on. Use longer strips for thicker spacers.</p> <p>I cut 'rubber bands' from both small and large inner tubes - great for doubling or tripling to keep pannier and bag straps under control, for keeping puncture repair kit lids shut, for wrapping tools or keys together to stop them rattling, and to attach my little Cateye EL135 to my handlebar, in Dinotte style.</p> <p>I used a length of big inner tube, taped shut at each end, to replace the ancient inflexible vinyl of my chain padlock that I keep for emergency use.</p> <p>I once used a couple of inner tubes tied together as strapping for a rolled up Lexan fairing.</p> <p>It's also fun to take a shredded inner tube, tie it off at each end, and inflate it to bursting point with a foot pump. They expand more than you might expect! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-7887 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:53:08 +0000 Min 7887@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It may be innovative but I'm not sure about stylish! And they smell too.</p> <p>I once used one to replace the rubber strip in my wheel when one broke apart. Not very innovative at all really.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=885#post-7884 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:32:15 +0000 Kim 7884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw <a href="http://hazler.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/stylish-shelves-from-bikes-inner-tubes/">this innovative use</a> for old inner tubes and wonder if anyone has any more uses. </p>