CRAFT Video: Bike Tube Headband

Learn to recycle a broken bike inner tube into a chain-link headband, necklace, or belt! Becky Stern shows you how. Britt McMaster designed this project for her blog, cucumbersome.com. Head on to craftzine for more details: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/03/bike_tube_headband.html

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• craftzine
• bike
• tube
• upcycle
• recycle
• headband
• becky
• stern

[Cr3ater]

LOL, I work at a place where I make rubber tubes. The "white powder" is a powerful drying agent that can dry out your hands and what ever you touch with it. You said the clean that out, you cant! It may seem the stuff is gone its not! Its inside the rubber, if you wear that and for some reason you started to sweat and that contacts your skin. lol, send me a video so I can laugh at the side effects!

[makemagazine]

It hasn't done me any harm, maybe because the figure-8s are folded so that what was once the inside of the tube is folded on itself?

[TheNewYorkPete]

Are those racing bike tires?

[makemagazine]

yep, and from 650 wheels.

[readallen]

old bike tubes usually STINK!!!

[harpwn13]

KITTY IN BACKGROUND!!!

[linuxguy2009]

Maybe for men a stylish banana hammock?

[Caradea]

Sweet! My husband commutes by bike and seems to be going through inner tubes often lately (dirty streets causing punctures!). I've been wondering what we were going to do all those half inflated tubes in the closet. I really need a belt because I've worn out one of mine so I'll just reuse the "hardwear" from that belt to make a new one!

[mbradc2002]

Instead of or in addition to the thread, you could use a spare bit of tube or patch and some tube cement to join the ends. It should create a stronger joint.

[timidgothica]

love it love it love it!

[09fod]

sweet cat :)

[Catastrophe9001]

It's a series of Tubes, Not a big truck.

[Tubeillion]

Smart, buts till WHO DOES THIS!?

[arimethia]

Your haircut is SO cute, Becky! You can totally rock the pixie!

[lavi8686]

i rather patch it