Buzz Cerana 2 Review

The Buzz Cerana 2 is a Class 2 eBike with a step-through aluminum frame design. Sitting on 24″ wheels and a 500w rear hub motor, this 68 pounds eBike can carry up to 300 pounds and get up to 40 miles of ride time.

Starting at $1499, the Cerana 2 is currently offered for $999. “All about empowering you to go farther, experience more, and conquer any terrain with a smile.” – Buzz

While affordable, the Cerana 2 is packed with quality components and delivers a smooth ride that screams higher than the price tag. Complete with fenders, racks and lights, it’s ready to tackle everyday riding.

Ok so who is Buzz bikes? Backed by United Wheels, known for other brands like Niner, Huffy, Batch. The Buzz team is from Dayton, Ohio, and they’re goal is to offer ebikes that are made simple. Ensuring that you’re able to hop on and go.

While United Wheels has decades in the bike industry, it’s no wonder that Buzz can bring a lot of value to their collection.

As mentioned, the Cerana 2 is a Class 2 eBike with a thumb throttle located up on the bars.

It has a 500w rear hub motor and a 500Wh 48v 10.4A removable battery. The system is UL 2849 compliant. With a 4-6 hour charge time, the Buzz Cerana 2 can get up to 40 miles of range on a single charge, and a 4-6 hour overall charge time.

There are two colors available: Dusted Moss Green and Black.

Mechanical disc brakes with 160mm supply ample braking power that is smooth and effective. A 7-speed Shimano drivetrain is there for you when you need it to pedal up the steep hills and cruise the neighborhoods with ease. 

Up on the bars we have a nice and bright Center Mounted LCD display. This large display is effective to easily navigate seeing what PAS mode you’re in, battery life, what your speed is among other features. 

There’s a nice comfortable Velo Plush saddle with a manual dropper post. To actuate the dropper, there is a lever located on the saddle that you lift up to release the mechanism and lower your seat height. 

The Cerana 2 comes with lights front and rear, fenders, and racks.

What I find unique about the Cerana 2 is I think most attributed to the 24” wheel size. This is not as common, but offers a nice, wide tire for added comfort. Sized up next to a 26″ or 27.5″ wheel, it is not much smaller in overall size thanks to being able to have the larger tires on board. 

Additionally, in conjunction with the step-through frame, Buzz says the Cerana 2 fits riders between 5’2” and 6’3”. At 6’ I do feel like I’m on the tall end of the fit as the bikes starts to feel small for me, but that feeling is mostly attributed to riding the size-specific bikes I personally own and frequently test.

From a comfort standpoint point I mentioned being on the higher end of the fit and it feeling small, this by no means affects the comfort, just the general feel of the reach to the bars being a little tighter. I’m sure with some changes to the stem and bars if this were to be a long term personal bike I’d be willing to spend the time and be able to get hand placement dialed in. On the flip side, other testers at the lower end of that fit range really had only positive things about comfort and the fit. Just visually, they even looked like it fit them much better. So for you taller riders I would be a little reserved to recommend this based on fit. 

The saddle and other touch points are comfy, easy to ride for miles on end. The manual dropper although nice to see a dropper on this bike, being that you have to take your hand off the bars and lower the seat with the lever under the saddle is not as intuitive and likely just most people probably wouldn’t end up using it as much. 

Well when it comes to power, the Cerana 2 is not lacking. Although in a world full of many voices advocating for 1000+ watt drive units and monster batteries, I am all for the 500-watt range and am always keeping overall bike weight in mind.

At 500w, with that Class 2 throttle the Cerana 2 is a fun ride around town and keeps you moving effortlessly. The experience is very much a cadence sensor ride experience, although I’m sure there are many of you that may not fully know what that means.

As opposed to a torque sensor system, think a Bosch mid-drive powered bike, the Cerana 2 applies power with the motion of the bike and regulates that power based off your choice of the 5 PAS modes. It will just ramp you up to that limit and help you hold that power or speed. This sort of programming and control is common in commuter bikes and works well for that commuter oriented or leisure-focused recreational rider. 

Range estimations have been pretty spot on with that 40 mile max range. We charged it up and kind of just let it go doing evening rides for a couple weeks straight, just to soak up summer and at the end checked our charge and found after 20 miles of riding in a mix of 1-3 PAS modes, both pedaling and using throttle it still was at 56%.

This is a great reflection of how efficient it is. And with many people looking at ebikes for commuting, most commutes are less than 5 miles and they’re only going to be charging back up once a week or so if they don’t find themselves riding much more beyond that.

When we approach ebikes we definitely are more focused on the “bike of it all” as the primary focus and the e-system second. So if a bike rides well and check’s all the boxes, we find that 500w is plenty ample. If you’re looking for a hot rod… well, this might not be for you.

That being said, from a riding perspective, it’s super comfortable to ride and I think it favors the lower end of their fit range as the ideal rider.

At $999, it comes with lights, racks, fenders, and everything you need to start commuting and bringing gear with you. Additionally, it has the support of a powerful drive unit to get you cruising around effortlessly.

I’ve seen a handful of the other reviews and of course, Buzz themselves sharing it as a any terrain capable bike. Which, for most people, I wouldn’t disagree; however, I wouldn’t quite say this is really an offroad bike or a mountain bike. So, for those looking for a really rugged bike, I would say this would likely have you wanting something, at least with full suspension. Blipping around your property or cruising out some fire roads, it will definitely be fun and get you there. In short, if you’re looking for real back country or single track focused bike, there is a difference, and I don’t want to mislead you in the capabilities of a bike like this.

It is a consumer-friendly price, and with that, you’re going to have some give-and-take to make that happen; fortunately, the give is a ride experience that isn’t compromised. Additionally, it’s all future upgradeable components down the road. Things like a dropper with a remote or even hydraulic disc brakes, but by no means does the spec hold you back from being able to log miles and start commuting. Likely, you wouldn’t even think about it until someone like me comments.

Overall at $999 the Cerana 2 has surely surprised us as a seemingly quality-built bike that has been fun to ride, comfortable, and just really a tight bike that checks off the boxes. If you’re looking to get into commuting or maybe you need a bike for college, I would definitely check this out.

Price: $1499 $999
Sizes: Dusted Green Moss, Black
Weight: 68lbs
Website: buzzbicycles.com