You can only check the battery level by hopping off the bike and pressing the button on the battery, which is locked with a key. That is not great. It is easy to think you will have more assistance than the bike can give. The power button by the handlebars is the only electronic item on this bike. There is no display or odometer.
Lean machine.
Huffy.
If the fat-tire ebike is Batfleck, then the Huffy Oslo is Battinson. It is leaner. Let's just say it is leaner. The Oslo rides like a normal bike, great for all the times you will be riding it without an electric assist. It will happen a lot.
The 250 watt rear hub motor on this ebike does a good job of providing enough power most of the time, and I usually found myself cruising around 15 to 20 miles per hour. The electric assist can be unreliable. Sometimes it is slow to kick in, and other times it goes on a few seconds too long after I stop pedaling.
Even though 250 watt is the European standard, a commuter accustomed to more powerful e bikes will find it hard to make the adjustment. It was difficult to go up the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, but I was not happy about it the next day. If you are looking for an ebike that will make you feel like you are still working out, then you might like it.
That brings me to the range of the Oslo. The battery had two bars left after more than six miles from Brooklyn to Manhattan. The whole ride home was not enough and it was even more painful on the way back. By the 12th mile, the Oslo was dead.
I would swap the saddle out for better suspension if I were you. The rear battery makes loud banging noises that make me feel like it is going to fly out, and your butt will feel many of the potholes you accidentally ride over. The brakes are reliable and responsive.
The Huffy is a lightweight ebike that is affordable and won't take up a lot of room, if you're not a fan of the hulking, heavy, fat-tire models.
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