Video: Seth // Edit: Curtis // Words Below: Daniel
In the world of bikes, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the latest and greatest, coolest technology that is out there. Brands have a lot easier time marketing a flashy $12,000 race bike that you can see the best athletes in the world racing than they do the more inexpensive options. It’s not just in bikes; advances in tech drive most everything in our world. But to me, some of the most intriguing products are ones that are developed out of general necessity that’s unrelated to someone standing on a podium.
It’s easier for brands to justify these products, so I think that it’s extra special and beyond cool when a company creates something that is practical. If you haven’t seen the original Buffalo Bicycle video, you can read more about it and see the video below. If you have, then you already know what I’m talking about.
Without much hesitation, we called the original Buffalo Bicycle “The Most Practical Bicycle Ever,” and as it turns out, the only thing that’s possibly more practical is the Buffalo Utility S2. The original Buffalo was built on complete reliability and serviceability. In an age of specialty tools, internal cable routing through headsets, and electronics that need to be charged before you ride, this seems a bit different, to say the least. Let’s take a look at how the bike’s two-chained, two-speed drivetrain works and what engineers did to get there.
