Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … a crooked bike wheel?

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:29:45 +0000

The Mother Earth News arvchives still has instructions for making a spinning wheel from a bike wheel.

By: Ripe Green Ideas

Ripe Green Ideas — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:50:55 +0000

for another example of a pot hanger,
you can see the photo posted here
http://vertes-et-mures.blogspot.com/2008/07/roue-de-vlos-et-casseroles.html

By: Surfin' Bird

Surfin' Bird — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:25:05 +0000

Construct it into a Trashcan:
http://www.superuse.org/story.php?title=Trash-To-Trashcan

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:03:36 +0000

I saw this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7TMa-v03aE
Hope thats a link…
Also you could make a fishing/bait net out of it using some fine mesh like tights..or a keep net..

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:36:18 +0000

Clean it up and use it to dry all your socks and pants.

By: NJTomboy

NJTomboy — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:51:31 +0000

How about a bike rim chandelier?
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=24677.0

Or a bike rim candle chandelier
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_candles/article/0,2025,DIY_13748_5282897,00.html

By: neil

neil — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:35:35 +0000

they can be rebuilt, perhaps a new rim is required and a few replacement spokes. All the rest should be OK.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:42:12 +0000

If it’s only slightly bent, you could make a pot rack out of it – http://cache.lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/07/bike-wheel-pot_rack.jpg

By: Bike recycling

Bike recycling — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:25:32 +0000

If its badly bent (ie it won’t go round in the frame) you can’t do much, but some alternative uses are:

Crayfish nets! – the rim can be used to suspend netting in to catch crayfish.
(invasive American crayfish destroy our river biodiversity)
If it has a dyno hub you can straighten it enough to make a wind generator by covering the spokes in tape so they look like windmill blades.

You can also buy a second hand wheel from one of the many bike recycling projects in the UK
see http://www.bikerecycling.net for your nearest one

By: Bradly Fletchall

Bradly Fletchall — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:35:37 +0000

Make it into furniture like the stuff found here:

http://www.bikefurniture.com/

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:33:45 +0000

If the rim is only slightly bent, you can fix it, but it will never be a good wheel. If it is throughly bent, just forget about it. You can probably reuse most of the spokes, the hub, the tire and the tube though.

You might check the instructables web site for ideas of what to do with a unusable rim. I saw one person had made a wetsuit hanger out of one.