A group of guys from the YouTube channel Life OD first crafted a working tire out of $80 worth of duct tape, then they daisy-chained 100,000 rubber bands together to make another one.
Why? Apparently, because they can.
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May 30, 2018
Making tires out of duct tape and rubber bands
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