A German man is poised to enter the Guinness Book of World Records after building what he claims is the heaviest bicycle in the world.
The monster bike, weighing in at nearly one tonne, is the labour of love of trucker Frank Dose, 49, who must get the bicycle to travel at least 500 yards in order to achieve the world record.
Frank, from the small town of Schacht-Audorf near Germany’s border with Denmark, built the colossus using scrap metal for the body and two giant wheels from an agricultural muck spreader.
Frank Dose rides his bicycle in Rade, Germany. Dose aims to achieve the Guinness record for the heaviest ridable bicycle
Frank has made his wife Astrid happy. She will be there to witness the world record attempt, saying: ‘I think his bike is sensational. I am proud and pleased that has done it.’
Neighbours help Frank load his huge bicycle on to a relatively small truck in Rade, Germany, this week. Illustrating its size and weight, the bicycle is so big he requires a truck to carry it
Frank put the massive bicycle through its paces with friends this week ahead of his world record attempt
‘Go Franky!’ yelled a crowd of pals at the weekend when Frank – sitting on a saddle made from an old beer crate – rolled it out for the first time.
On September 3 he makes the world record attempt on the bike he has been building since March this year and reckons it has cost him nearly £3,500.
The current world record for riding the heaviest push bike belongs to Belgian Jeff Peeters whose cycle weighed in at 860kg – nearly 80kg lighter than Frank’s machine.
