A brief history:

Officially dubbed the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps, the men were members of one of six racially segregated units formed by the Army just after the Civil War. Black enlistees led mainly by white officers, the regiments served on the nation’s Western frontier, where they clashed with Native Americans who supposedly nicknamed them Buffalo Soldiers due to their curly hair’s resemblance to buffalo manes.

My job was to make something that would be ridden in parades and exhibitions while easily serviced at a local bicycle shop. Complex to say the least, but I think in the end, I pull this off.