The Muscular Buzzy Bike Takes a Customizable Approach to Urban Mobility

The e-bike sector has seen an unprecedented rate of growth over the past three years and, while demand is currently in decline, the market is still thriving. E-bikes and other alternatives for electric or motor-assisted urban micro-mobility are in hot demand, as city dwellers are looking for more efficient, convenient, affordable, and fun ways of doing the daily commute or moving about the city.

There’s a lot of variety on the market, too. As competition is getting fiercer, manufacturers are struggling to come up with products that catch the eye and hook customers either with innovative features or unbeatable prices. With all that, there’s still a certain feeling that everybody’s doing the same thing over and over again.

Buzzy Bike is proud to swim against the current. Where every other bike company out there is offering the same product for every buyer, with very little variation or personalization available for their models, Buzzy Bike wants to offer a personalized bike for every customer. They’re not fully custom units, so we’re not talking about one-offs, but they’re the closest thing to a one-off a production model can get.

The Buzzy Bike is a beefy, muscular, and very cool-looking electric bicycle that you can customize to your liking, from the color scheme to accessories and their location, the battery capacity and the power of the motor. You can also choose between a standard rigid frame or the patented folding one, further turning your bike into a city machine that you can keep inside the apartment or in the trunk of your car.

The company Buzzy Bike is based in Poland and is an offshoot of Custom Mike, which also specializes in custom bicycles. Custom Mike has been around since 2015, but Buzzy Bike is technically a startup, so the e-bike of the same name (in whichever variation) doesn’t exist just yet. To be more accurate, it exists, but it’s not available in shops yet or out in the wild. But the pre-order books are open today.

The Buzzy Bike presents itself as a beefier, more muscular, and decidedly more angular take on any other city e-bike. That’s because it has to serve as a city bike or an off-road machine, if you end up deciding to strap the 1,200W motor on it and the biggest battery pack on offer. It’s designed to ride comfortably on paved city streets and wherever else you might wish to take it.

The patented aluminum frame hides the battery, both in the rigid and folding model. You can opt for three different motor mounts, depending on which drivetrain best suits your needs, choose between hydraulic and disc braking, and several colors and color combinations. You can also use aluminum rims instead of traditional spokes, and choose colored 80mm wide tires to match the overall styling of your machine.

Whether you choose the 36V 15Ah battery or the 48V 17.5Ah one, they’re both Green Cell Silverfish, with a lifecyle of over 900 charges. If you upgrade the pack to 60V 20Ah, you get an estimated maximum range of 200 km (124 miles), but that’s only possible for individual projects that are dubbed collector’s units and may not be legal to ride on public roads.

The motor is Bafang, limited electronically to 250W and 25 kph (15.5 mph), and peaking at 3,000W in the Fun Edition model. Yes, that’s the same one that comes with restrictions in some territories. Adjustable air suspension and a saddle suspension, together with those beefy tires, turn even rides on rough terrain into comfortable experiences.

A centrally-mounted color LCD display with remote control offers essential stats and USB phone charging. For easy maintenance and fewer hassles, all units come with Gates Carbon Drive instead of a chain, while a torque button is offered optionally – mostly because it’s not legal in EU countries.

The list of options also includes the possibility of adding a central or rear basket, while front and rear lights are standard. However, there’s no mention of items like fenders. Neither is there any note about the overall weight of the machine.

Buzzy Bike says that delivery is within 30 days from the date the order is confirmed, but they don’t say when that might happen in relation to the moment you hit “send” on the online form. Before you do that, though, here’s the catch: this a customizable, potentially high-powered e-bike with a striking design and unique features. Don’t expect it to be cheap.

For example, a Buzzy Bike in standard spec, with a folding frame, a 250W motor, disc brakes, a two-color scheme, and a rear basket, is PLN18,430, which is approximately US$4,272 at the current exchange rate. The Fun Edition collector’s unit is priced according to the collectible status.