Old Bike Tubes

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Anyone know if old bike tubes are as flamable as car tire chips? I would imagine that it can be used as "tie downs" as well as a stable tinder? Let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance.

Travis
 
I don't know about flamable but they have alot of other uses cut em width wise and you've got ranger bands (an ultra stong black rubberband) they're also usable as slingshot bands, and even a makeshift canteen (bladderbag)
 
I've never used them before, but I think Les Stroud, in the Canyonlands Survivorman episode, shows how they can be used for tinder/fire-starting. I tho't I heard somewhere that they burn fairly well wet or dry.

Thanks for the tip/reminder -- I'll have to check out the bike shop down the street and see what they have in the way of trash:D
 
Cut them into bands of differing widths and you'll find lots of uses for them in your gear. They do burn and I've read that if you cut one so that it lays flat and scrape it with your knife to get a pile of powder, it will ignite with a sparking tool, but I keep forgetting to give it a try so have no actual experience.
 
Bike innertubes are awesome! I use them quite a bit with my various edged tool pursuits. my first use was in the early 90s shortly after acquiring my Buck 188. I had read that someone used a strip from a bike innertube to fatten the handle and lend more grip. I had recently replaced a tube in my road bike at the time, so I decided to try it. Worked like a charm!

On the 188 I used a section of a whole tube. these days I buy mountain bike tubes and cut them lengthwise into strips about 3/4" thick. I use them for improving hand/handle relations on knives (CS Bushman is an excellent candidate), but mostly to affix fire starting gear to sheaths. You can get 3-4 strips out of one tube. I buy the cheapest tubes I can find.

Buck 188. Still has original tube, shich is still stretchy and tacky:
Buck188.jpg


Various tools with fire starting gear:
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The tube strips, as mentioned by others, have all sorts of other uses, too. Spinting fractures, tourniquet (temporary, for field IV starts), binding/securing wound dressings, attaching things to packs, leg straps sheaths/holsters/pouches, etc, etc, etc...
 
Really guys, thank you for your responses and confirmation.

All of the substitute suggestions and pics are much appreciated.

I'll make sure to test and practice, per your examples!

Travis
 
I use bicycle inner tubes and rubber O-rings to make my flashlights easier to grip:

inner-tube-lights.jpg



When I carry a Victorinox One Hand Trekker knife, it rides in a horizontal belt sheath made from a section of bicycle inner tube (shown below):

tube-belt-sheath.jpg
 
parnass said:
I use bicycle inner tubes and rubber O-rings to make my flashlights easier to grip:

inner-tube-lights.jpg



When I carry a Victorinox One Hand Trekker knife, it rides in a horizontal belt sheath made from a section of bicycle inner tube (shown below):

tube-belt-sheath.jpg
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Very, very cool. I hope you don't mind me stealing that idea of the horizontal belt sheath.

Travis
 
haha, parnass, I would not have come up with that, I'd of just bought a sheath from the farmers market :D
 
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