Tired Ol’ Belt « Spoke Fiend

30Nov/09

Tired Ol’ Belt

When I was in Mellow Johnny's recently I came across a basket full of belts. I had been impressed with the Jiro Belts a while back, but the belts from Tired Ol' Belt just blew me away. There isn't a single part of the belt that hasn't been created with the usage of old bicycle parts. They were impressive. I'm officially scrapping my idea to build a belt on my own. Instead, I plan to take them up on their offer of exchanging old parts for a new belt.

My only gripe with them right now is that their website doesn't do the belts justice. #1. Someone in that shop needs to read a book on product photography. #2 Too many of the plain jane all black tires are in the shopping area. The selection at Mellow Johnny's was full of reds, yellows, and greens.

Here is what they have to say about themselves. Don't miss the last paragraph.

Tired Ol' Belts:
The Road We Biked to Get Here.

From waste to waist. Tired Ol' Belts, LLC is the brainchild of the hand crafter himself, Matthew Meyer. Tired of his pants falling down while he biked around the city, and even more tired of the boring old belts in his drawer he decided to take matters into his own hands, literally. He'd seen a few belts on the Internet that were similar, but not anything he was looking for. So, after much toiling around in the garage, and taking on his wife as his creative and business partner (also his only employee and worker bee) Tired Ol' Belts was born. All belts are unique and hand crafted. They are made from 100% recycled (and sometimes irregular)bicycle parts, and are 100% vegan. You can also send us a favorite tire and we can make it into your new favorite belt. The only question you have left to ask yourself is, "What's holding up your pants?"

GOT METAL? We'll trade you a belt for your metal, or even pay you. Here is a list of parts we are looking for: cranksets that have removable allen-wrench style chainring bolts, allen-wrench style chainring bolts by themselves, discarded chain (can be greasy but not rusty),discarded cassettes and/or 11t-15t individual cogs and discarded spokes.