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An apparatus enables a conventional bicycle to be interfaced to a computer to serve as a controller for electronic games and the like. The apparatus includes a rear wheel support that removably holds the bicycle in an upright position while allowing rotation of the rear wheel. A rear wheel sensor de

An apparatus enables a conventional bicycle to be interfaced to a computer to serve as a controller for electronic games and the like. The apparatus includes a rear wheel support that removably holds the bicycle in an upright position while allowing rotation of the rear wheel. A rear wheel sensor detects rotation of the rear wheel of the bicycle as the rider peddles and generates an electrical signal indicating the rotational speed of the rear wheel. The apparatus also includes a front wheel sensor that detects the direction of the front wheel of the bicycle for the computer through the computer interface. For example, the front wheel of the bicycle can be removably supported by a front support member that rotates about a vertical axis as the front wheel is turned by the handle bars. A potentiometer is used to measure rotation of the front support member, and therefore the direction of the front wheel of the bicycle.

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[ I claim:] [1.] An apparatus for removably connecting a bicycle to a computer, said bicycle having peddles, a rear wheel driven by said peddles, handlebars, and a front wheel that can be turned by said handlebars; said computer having an interface for receiving electrical signals, said apparatus co

[ I claim:] [1.] An apparatus for removably connecting a bicycle to a computer, said bicycle having peddles, a rear wheel driven by said peddles, handlebars, and a front wheel that can be turned by said handlebars; said computer having an interface for receiving electrical signals, said apparatus comprising:a support for removably holding the bicycle in an upright position while allowing rotation of the rear wheel in response to force exerted on the peddles of the bicycle by a rider;a rear wheel sensor for interface to a computer, said rear wheel sensor detecting the rotational speed of the rear wheel of the bicycle; anda front wheel sensor for interface to a computer, said front wheel sensor detecting the direction of the front wheel of the bicycle.