Cut them up to make rubber bands.

If you’ve had a small puncture you might be able to put a patch on it and continue using it. Park Tool makes a little box of stick on patches that work very well. Those and a pump and a tire lever will keep you rolling.

I’ve also seen people wrap an old tube around the chainstay to reduce the noise of chain slap that occurs on some rear suspension mountain bikes.

I’m thinking that if you had enough tubes you could cut them lengthwise and somehow bind them (heat) to make sheets of rubber for..i dunno mats? chaps? weather stripping? shoes? rubber is pretty versatile.

The air valves aren’t needed for most of these so those would be a sub-item to recycle how

I know someone who made it into sheets of rubber for a miniskirt, boobtube and choker set that she wore to a fetish night. The valve was left in to use as a sort of fastener.

Thing is, once it got warm the glue went sticky and the whole thing came apart. Whilst this was appreciated by numerous observers, it wasn’t the desired effect.

Still, with a better glue I reckon she’d be on to a winner.

Cut them up in small arch sections, when placed side by side they make a scalloped edge for a garden (attach to wire or sticks to make a decorative low fence)
Or attach pieces to the sides/end of your garage where your vehicle (hopefully hybrid or less) doors may bang against walls or other objects.
Cut out a wood dog leaping (check cartoon dogs in Google images) and hang da puppy from the centre of the reinforced tube as a piece of yard art.

I’ve seen them used for making tables and chairs along with the rims. Here’s a website that sells them. I made a table and used them to make a pad on the bottom of the legs. I tried to make patches from old tubes but the glue becoming tacky again was a problem. Water balloon launchers are popular at my college.

I forgot to put the website on there.
http://www.bikefurniture.com/pagesSeating/modtype2a.htm Sorry.

i use tire tubes to tie young trees to stakes.

We currently recycle old inner tubes from our local bike shop and transform them into trouser clips which we sell via the website www.ecoutlet.co.uk

The stretchy nature of the material is perfect for the job and the trouser clips seem to be going down well with customers so far. If anyone has any inner tubes they would like to donate please feel free to send them in and we’ll happily send a pair of trouser clips in return.

I once saw at a craft fair someone used them to make really funky wallets.

I know someone who sews them together and makes bags, backpacks and diaper bags out of them.

My dad told me once to use them instead of clamps when you’re making a box - because they’re stretchy it holds the box securely all the way around.

They also make great weather seals for windows and doors. Cut them open to make a flat piece of rubber and nail or tack to the bottom edge of the window to make a tight seal. It’s a great way to save energy.