Do you have any creative ideas on how to reuse old tires? I have some at the end of their life and I think that throwing them away would result in them not being recycled anyway. Any ideas for inner tubes is welcome too
Edit: Thank you everyone for the answers. For those who want a summary, the suggestions are chain stay protection, edge bumper, water insulation, rubber bands, hanger for repair, elastic fastener, fenders and finger stalls for fishing (or throw them in the fire place)
I used old inner tubes on chain stay to prevent chainslap on my mtb.
Cutting up tubes make for durable rubber bands.
If you have a bike storage/workshop/garage, you could hang the inner tubes from a nail in the ceiling rafters and use them to hang the bike when doing repairs.
Another thing to make is those elastic fasterners, by sewing a hook on each end of a part of tube.
I made a fender from a section of the tire and attached it behind the seatpost to prevent my rear tire tossing mud on my heels.
Would like to know too, I have a good stack of tires too! Inner tubes have lots of uses but I think tires probably need to go to some specialist recycling
Burn it your fireplace to keep warm in the winter! /s
Where I live the most common use for our old tubes is finger stalls for fishing
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Eventually the plasticisers will break down and the tire will start falling apart leaving plastic dust every where; best for that to happen in a landfill imo.
Tires can't really be recycled and usually end up being burned for energy, releasing toxins and CO^2^ into the atmosphere, much like how most plastics aren't actually recycled either. In my province (BC), they have recycling programs but those also release toxins, just at a slower rate while in the close proximity of children (rubber surfaces in playgrounds).
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