I got a bit creative yesterday. Cold air rushes through the bottom of the back sliding door with the force of a squalling gale. I happened to have the metal piece hanging around which already had holes in it. So after cleaning the tube, I cut it open, sliced it down to size and attached it to the metal piece with screws and bolts to add weight to it. Then I used some left over double sided tape from Frost King to attach it to the door. It does the job pretty well.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Winterize your Home with Used Bicycle Tubes
I got a bit creative yesterday. Cold air rushes through the bottom of the back sliding door with the force of a squalling gale. I happened to have the metal piece hanging around which already had holes in it. So after cleaning the tube, I cut it open, sliced it down to size and attached it to the metal piece with screws and bolts to add weight to it. Then I used some left over double sided tape from Frost King to attach it to the door. It does the job pretty well.
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Awesome use for a bum tube. I've found that tubes are really useful for a number of non-bike needs because they are elastic, thin, and strong. Recently at Crazy Horse Studio we had a rubber vacuum seal fail on our screen-exposure unit. It had two tears in it, so I sewed bike tubes to cover the tears and now it works great.
That's pretty cool, good work! I don't know why I didn't think to use a tube for that problem earlier. My mind went to all of those hanging tubes in the old space of community bikes, and wondering how they could be turned into income for the shop with projects like these.
Fortunately, bum tubes are widely available as trash at any bike shop. They also work great instead of bungee cords for tying stuff down on a bike trailer. I think I'll actually attempt to make a high-quality cord out of my old ones...
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