Ideas for recycling a dented rim?

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,666
edited June 2007 in Workshop
I have a 700c rim which had a flat spot, which I replaced with a new Mavic rim. Any good ideas for recycling the old 700c rim?

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  • Axel_Knutt
    Axel_Knutt Posts: 275
    Put it in the skip with the beer cans. [:D]
  • Flying_Monkey
    Flying_Monkey Posts: 8,708
    Hula-hoop? Apparently they're the latest thing in training...


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  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    A rim would make a nice grass encroaching restraint for a circular bed in the garden!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Nice on NervexProf. I thought of another, a giant hanging windchime :-)
  • Tom753
    Tom753 Posts: 737
    Use it to test your wheel repair and wheelbuilding skills.

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  • Poacher
    Poacher Posts: 165
    Saw it in half and give it to a gardener. The two halves make superb supports for cloches or anti-pest netting for crops. It's usually easiest to saw through opposite the join, which you can probably then pull apart.

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  • The Endorser
    The Endorser Posts: 191
    Could you het it and straighten it in a vice? Depends on th material/finish i guess.

    If it's just a dimple you can fill it with liquid metal and file it flat - it'll still be good for use on a hack bike.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Like it Poacher, didnt think of cutting it up.

    Endorser - I have tried hammering/pulling out the flat spot, but its not shifting. I mistimed a kerbhop, on a partially inflated tyre (after a pun?tu?e), and the weight was on the backwheel as it hit the kerb. The dent is not gonna budge. The buckle was temporarily fixed, but I had to wait a month before I got round to replacing the rim. I noticed the tyre tread now has a slight flat spot where the dented rim region was....Argh (a stitch in time....)
  • The Endorser
    The Endorser Posts: 191
    Ah, right. Yeah, if th dent is in the edge you might have to find some ornamental use for it now - weld it into the middle of a metal garden gate?

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  • urbanfatboy
    urbanfatboy Posts: 193
    how about getting a series of smaller and smaller rims and putting them in concentric circles with a spinny type decoration?
  • Mr Bumble
    Mr Bumble Posts: 572
    fit a bracket and net and have an oversized basktball hoop...
  • urbanfatboy
    urbanfatboy Posts: 193
    curve a young sapling around it and you'llendup with a big loopy tree
  • graham_g
    graham_g Posts: 652
    Give it to a small child to use as a hoop-la hoop!

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  • Fnaar
    Fnaar Posts: 1,985
    Give it to Monsieur Mangetout:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito
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  • Unknown
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    <font color="red">Stretch some inner tubes over it and use as either a mini trampoline or to project missiles, like a giant, weird catapult.</font id="red">
  • meenaghman
    meenaghman Posts: 345
    All you need is 4 tons of wood, some glass, old tyre, hinge a sealant.. cut, plane wood to size in boat shape. cut glass in circle to fit rim, cut hole in wood to accomodate rim, apply hinge, tyre, and sealant.
    Hey ho instant Ark with porthole which can be donated to Sheffield.
  • dannygcp
    dannygcp Posts: 151
    Might be worth seeing if your Council has a "recyling centre" with a separate skip for scrap metal.

    I've recycled old wheels and bike frames that way.
  • campagman
    campagman Posts: 73
    Old rims are ideal for maturing your racing tubulars.

    remember to keep pedalling in circles.
    remember to keep pedalling in circles.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Decided to hand it on the wall and use it to keep my spare tyre treads in round shape.

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