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A light display is mounted on the spokes of a rotating bicycle wheel. The display includes a plurality of arrays of lights, each array attached to one of the spokes. A sensor on the wheel, actuated by a magnet mounted on the frame, senses the angular velocity of the rotating wheel with respect to th

A light display is mounted on the spokes of a rotating bicycle wheel. The display includes a plurality of arrays of lights, each array attached to one of the spokes. A sensor on the wheel, actuated by a magnet mounted on the frame, senses the angular velocity of the rotating wheel with respect to the bicycle frame. A microprocessor, mounted on the wheel and connected to the sensor, and individually connected to each of the plurality of arrays of lights by a cable, includes a memory which stores a plurality of display patterns. The microprocessor modulates the plurality of arrays of light according to a selected one of the plurality of display patterns and the sensed angular velocity of the rotating wheel to form an image using persistence of vision of a viewer.

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1. A light display apparatus for mounting on a wheel attached to a fixed frame, comprising:an elongated housing having two ends and including a single master array of lights, the elongated housing radially mounted on the wheel such that one end of the elongated housing is proximate a hub of the whee

1. A light display apparatus for mounting on a wheel attached to a fixed frame, comprising:an elongated housing having two ends and including a single master array of lights, the elongated housing radially mounted on the wheel such that one end of the elongated housing is proximate a hub of the wheel and another end is proximate a rim of the wheel; a sensor mounted on the elongated housing for sensing a velocity of the wheel with respect to the fixed frame, the sensor is attached to a single induction wire coil; a magnet is mounted on the fixed frame; and a microprocessor, mounted on the elongated housing and connected to the master array of lights and the sensor, including a memory storing a plurality of display patterns, the microprocessor modulating the master array of lights according to a selected one of the plurality of display patterns and the sensed velocity of the wheel to form an image using persistence of vision of a viewer.