Bicycle wheel spinner stand for retail display

A stand device for rotatably supporting a bicycle wheel rotatable about an axle and a lighting device secured to the bicycle wheel for rotation with the bicycle wheel, said stand device comprising, in combination:

• an attachment location where the axle of the bicycle wheel is attached to support the bicycle wheel so that the bicycle wheel can rotate relative to the stand device;
• a drive roller for engaging the bicycle wheel to rotate the bicycle wheel;
• a motor rotating the drive roller;
• and
• wherein the motor and the drive roller are secured to the stand device at a fixed location and the attachment location for the bicycle wheel is located on a pivoting portion of the stand device so that gravity pivots the bicycle wheel in a direction to engage the bicycle wheel with the drive roller.

A stand device for rotatably supporting a bicycle wheel rotatable about an axle and a lighting device secured to the bicycle wheel for rotation with the bicycle wheel, said stand device comprising, in combination:

• an attachment location where the axle of the bicycle wheel is attached to support the bicycle wheel so that the bicycle wheel can rotate relative to the stand device;
• wherein the stand device includes a drive roller for engaging the bicycle wheel to rotate the bicycle wheel;
• a motor rotating the drive roller;
• and
• wherein the stand device includes a base box supporting the bicycle wheel and having a substantially horizontal bottom wall, a substantially vertical rear wall, a plurality of fastener openings in the rear wall for selective attachment of the base box to a substantially vertical support surface, and a plurality of fastener openings in the bottom wall for selective attachment of the base box to a substantially horizontal support surface.