Glowing cycle tyres

Having trawled the net I could not find this idea anywhere. So here is my first submission to this site.

As the title states, These cycle tyres would illuminate at night creating 2 beautifull halo's for all to see. Obviously increasing visibilty.

The tyre and inner tube would be manufactured from a clear rubber / polymer , at least the wall of the tyre, but possibly the tread too.

A number of LED's are moulded into the inner tube to direct the emmitted light along its internal wall, with micro thin wire also moulded into the tyre connecting them all together.

The light would permiate throught the clear wall internally reflecting to provide a relatively large coverage of light, also the light would be clearly visible directly through the transparent tubing and tyre, the whole effect being amplified the faster the wheel rotates.

POWER

i/ Batteries mounted in a small water proof casing mounted on the rim or on the spokes

ii/ Power could possibly be achieved by an electro motive effect if more wires were mounted in the tube and a magnet placed near the break blocks

iii/ Or...... A kind of piezoelectric effect where the compression of the wheel generates pulses of energy that could be stored / used in small cells mounted inside the ninner tube