Spoke POV Kit - unicycle?

I thought about getting one of those, but I ultimately decided not to.
Self expression can be such a waste of time and energy. :p

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James from EMUs (our local unicycling group) built himself something
similar and used it to write insults on the wheel of his hockey
unicycle.

I think he had either two or three sets of LEDs to make it work well,
with fewer it didn't look that good at unicycle speeds.

Joe

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jamessd said:

Did anybody ever consider getting this 'SpokePOV'
(http://www.ladyada.net/make/spokepov/) kit to put on their unicycle?

I thought it looked quite kool and just wondered what you thought of
it.

Going by the specifications on the site they say you need 3 of those
per wheel to get persistence at 7 mph on a MTB wheel. That works out
to about 100 rpm. 100 rpm is about 10 mph on a Coker. A reasonable
cadence to maintain on a unicycle.

Using two of the lights per wheel means that you have to maintain about
140 rpm to get persistence. That's a bit of a clip on a unicycle.

So 3 or 4 of those on the wheel would be more practical for a unicycle
if you want to achieve persistence.

I haven't tried those things or even seen them on a unicycle. I'm just
running the numbers they give as recommendations for minimum speed to
achieve persistence.

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I have a thing like that from another brand. Just 1. It does not look
impressiv on a coker wheel. I used it for some weeks, then it got wet
and stopped working.

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Thank goodness it is "Playa-Tested".

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Thank goodness it is "Playa-Tested".

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Thank goodness it is "Playa-Tested".

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