Old Tyres, what to do with them?

[IncoherentJeff]

It's probably been discussed before, I'd a quick search & didn't spot anything.

I seem to be acquiring a collection of old dead/perished tyres from the a couple of projects I've picked up & tyres I've used.
What to do with them? I feel bad sticking them in the bin is there anywhere which collects tyres for recycling / reuse for something else?

I remember seeing a guy in Bristol selling some funky belts made out of old tyres & the LBS uploaded a photo of a hen house re-roofed with old tyres. Interesting ideas.

What do you do with your old tyres?

 

[classic33]

I have to bin them as the local council won't allow them to be recycled.

 

[MrJamie]

I think @Arch or @Night Train make keyrings and such out of them... pretty cool

 

[glenn forger]

Secure your rubbish flimsy compost bin with them, or improvise makeshift weapons for when the filthy French invade.

 

[ianrauk]

Send to @Arch
She makes belts and bags out of them.

 

[biggs682]

I have to bin them as the local council won't allow them to be recycled.

same here

 

[classic33]

Not enough money in them for them to be bothered with. Instead there's any number of car tyres dumped all over the place.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Not enough money in them for them to be bothered with. Instead there's any number of car tyres dumped all over the place.

Yes, even at the top of mountains .
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/what-do-you-look-like.52378/post-2338830

 

[PaulSecteur]

Cut them into 3 to 4 inch sections, cut the bead off and put a few into your rear pockets. If you suffer tyre damage on a ride you can use them as an emergency bodge to repair a hole in you tyre.

 

[Ben M]

Play hula hoop

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Cut them into 3 to 4 inch sections, cut the bead off and put a few into your rear pockets. If you suffer tyre damage on a ride you can use them as an emergency bodge to repair a hole in you tyre.

I do that, then take whats left down the tip.

 

[goody]

I tried that but had to cut about an inch out of the 'inner tyre' and cut the bead off. Over time the edges where the cuts were rubbed holes in the tube. Decent tyres have been my best defence from p's durano plus on the commuter and ultremo's on the best. 1 puncture in about 10,000 miles on London and Surrey roads seems good going to me.

 

[Davidc]

Good protective strips over sharp things, edges, saws, and so on. Tyre boots (as above) for emergency repairs. I end up putting some in the rubbish though

Inner tubes are different. I find loads of uses for those. Only trouble is that I don't get enough dead ones of those now for the uses I've had in the past! (It's these puncture resistant tyre things that are to blame).

 

[perplexed]

If I'm careful, I can fashion 1000 hamster condoms out of each discarded tyre.

The shwalbs are the most popular due to the studs.