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Old May 17th 05, 03:44 PM
Paul A. Steckler
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I have a big box of blown bike tubes that I'd like to recycle. Does anyone
know of a place that accepts tubes for recyling? A Google search
didn't help much.

-- Paul


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Old May 17th 05, 07:03 PM
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Put them to use yourself.

Cut them into big rubber bands. Good for holding things down, or
together. Use in the garden for holding trees to uprights, vines to
fences, etc. Hold garbage bags to garbage cans.

A million and one uses, as seen on TV!

Once you start using them, you'll find a zillion places where they can
be put to good use.
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Old May 18th 05, 08:45 AM
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On Tue, 17 May 2005 19:03:36 +0100, dkd jjsjsjd wrote:

Put them to use yourself.

Cut them into big rubber bands. Good for holding things down, or
together. Use in the garden for holding trees to uprights, vines to
fences, etc. Hold garbage bags to garbage cans.

A million and one uses, as seen on TV!

Once you start using them, you'll find a zillion places where they can
be put to good use.


Keep a strip in your saddle bag, too. A folded-over but of inner tube
will make an emergency tyre boot if you get a puncture bad enough to
make a hole in the tyre.

Survival expert Ray Mears carries bits of bike inner tube with him
for lighting fires - apparently you can use a flint to get a bit of
rubber smouldering no matter how wet the conditions.

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Old May 18th 05, 11:42 AM
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http://www.splaff.com/about.htm uses them

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Old May 18th 05, 02:57 PM
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Pedro's used to collect them. They make them into under-seat bags
(which work better than most others on the market).

www.pedros.com but I can't see any reference to them accepting used
tubes any more.

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Old May 18th 05, 07:15 PM
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wrote:
http://www.splaff.com/about.htm uses them

Kewl shooes. Do they have a Presta version?

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Old May 18th 05, 07:17 PM
Brian Huntley
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Jeremy Collins wrote:

Survival expert Ray Mears carries bits of bike inner tube with him
for lighting fires - apparently you can use a flint to get a bit of
rubber smouldering no matter how wet the conditions.


Not to mention, your rescuers could zero in on the smell!

I'm going to have to try that, though, in some well ventilated place.

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Old May 19th 05, 03:02 AM
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Are you going to cook food on that fire?
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Old May 20th 05, 08:06 AM
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On Thu, 19 May 2005 03:02:32 +0100, dkd jjsjsjd wrote:

Are you going to cook food on that fire?


;-)

In case it's not obvious from my post, he uses small bits of
inner tube for kindling, when it's too damp for wood shavings
or dried leaves etc to work. The actual fire is still made of
wood :-)

If you're lost in the wilderness he also recommends lighting
a fire even if you've got no food to cook and you're warm
enough, as it provides a good positive psychological boost.

Anyway, getting way off topic here...

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jc
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Old May 20th 05, 08:58 AM
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I use my old tubes for tying down Kayaks and Canoes on vehicles and
trailers-----two for each end.
They also can be used for making giant water-balloon slingshots.

Steve McDonald

 




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