Bicycle tire dome

We took a bunch of bike wheels and zip-tied them together into a dome

Most bicycle shops, we found, throw away old and broken wheels. They still work fine for this project! You could buy them for a decent discount, though, if the shop keeps them.

After you have a good number (we used about 40), it's pretty simple. Just stand them up and use zip-ties or wire to attach them.

We had 12 26" wheels for the bottom layer and 12 24" wheels for the second. The size difference gave us an inward tilt. 8 24" ones for the third row, with 2 wheels for every 3 of the second row. The top was 1 24" wheel connected to 3 rims without spokes. The rims overlapped with the third row.

Thanks to Stevie's Happy Bikes, our local bike store that gave us all the wheels!

Comments

[C60]

man i love that , very good use of recycled materials :)

[rraio]

I bet you could build a custom green house using this idea.

[icanzu]

Is your name code for something? ;-)

[build52]

That would be awesome to grow pole beans on it!!

[astaib1]

i need to make a jumbo version of this, then turn it into a zombie proof bunker

[786Ayesha]

What is the height of this ?I mean in the middle?

[maximus johnsonus]

About 4 and a half feet

[l8nite]

really great idea.... I see another "art" project to tick off the code enforcement idiot in my future

[Aron313]

haha looks like a waste to me. that probably because i bike a lot

[calskin]

Cover this with plastic, add some plants...baby you got a stew!...erm greenhouse.

[lucek]

I was thinking yurt.

[supersoftdrink]

I love this! How strong is it? Would it ever get destroyed or bent out of shape in heavy winds?

[maximus johnsonus]

It holds up to winds well, but I don't think it could hold much weight if you were to, say, climb on it.

[flyingpuppy]

Hm. You've just provided me with the structure for my pizza oven. I've decided that dried algae is non-combustible, so I think I'll make a dome like yours, cover it with wire mesh, then pour algae all over it to make a heat-resistant oven! Thanks! Brilliant work.