BigDog: The Car-Crushing DIY Bicycle Monster Truck

Any urban cyclist can tell you – even the smallest, two-door coupes can seem monstrous while they’re three inches from your handlebars and whizzing past you at forty-five mph.

So, the possibility of this 600-pound, four-person-powered bicycle (quadcycle?) that can roll over a car is certainly…interesting.

The Big Dog is “a wonderfully impractical assemblage of bicycle, go-cart, and golf-cart pieces and parts, drainage pipe, steel tubing, and patio chairs. This four-wheel vehicle allows four passengers to travel in minor discomfort at speeds approaching a brisk walk, for relatively short distances, on completely flat terrain.”

Designer/builder Tom Wilson will debut this dude at Maker Faire Detroit, at the end of the month. Til then, watch the video below, and read the full interview with Tom at Makezine.