Let's say that each of these Plattfuss Rubber Bands, made from old bike inner-tubes, is 2mm wide. You get around 70 in a pack, which requires 140mm (5.5-inches) of OG bike tube to make them. The sizes ...

Heavy duty rubber bands (such as those that hold broccoli bunches together) are great for managing cords, attaching gear to your go-bag or backpack, and other uses. All you need to do is cut them from ...

Apart from their tendency to burst when stabbed with glass whilst inflated to 120psi (over 8-atmospheres), bicycle inner-tubes are otherwise almost indestructible. At the same time, they're very easy ...

Wearing out bike tyres and puncturing inner tubes is an unavoidable part of any rider's life, but what should you do when your tyres are unserviceable and your inner tubes can no longer be repaired?

A big missing link in synthetic rubber— a good, plentiful substitute for rubber in inner tubes—appeared last week to have been found. U.S. synthetic rubbers or soft plastics have been developed to do ...

Kathleen Nowak Tucci crafts wearable art from bicycle and motorcycle inner tubes. Photo by Robert Diamante Alabama-based artist Kathleen Nowak Tucci takes rubber bicycle and motorcycle inner tubes and ...

Discarded rubber tires and inner tubes are among the largest and most problematic sources of waste worldwide. Tires are made to be incredibly strong and long lasting, which is great for the operation ...

MANILA, Philippines — Finding 19,499 pieces of rubber inner tubes for motorcycle tires as below standard, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ordered the return of the products to its country ...