Thanks to everyone for allowing me to join.

I need an ebike for going along River banks and Lochs in Scotland as i don't have the best health now.

I think a mid drive is best and probably built on a Rockhopper bike.

I want to be able to restrict it to 250w for road use, then change it to more power to cope with trails and steep river banks. Needs to have decent hydraulic brakes, good off road tyres and good suspension.

Can anyone suggest a suitable kit and battery please. I've heard the Rockhopper is a good bike but again i'm open to your suggestions .

I've got no experience doing this kind of work, so also looking for someone to put it all together. I'm based in Liverpool.

Thanks in advance

OK for offroad and you have steep muddy banks, then a mid drive is probably best

The most powerful legal motor is the TSDZ8 from Woosh that is rated 250W and has a controller capable of peak of 48V *25A

If you pair it with a second hand hardtail bike off marketplace - make sure it has a square taper bottom bracket, plenty of room on the downtube for the battery and hydraulic brakes.

Also - need to check that the motor won't hit the chainstay - so don't get anything that only has a small gear at the front

Edited 16 hours ago16 hr by Peter.Bridge

maybe something like this https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1938640233430150

or https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2230491424446241

Edited 17 hours ago17 hr by Peter.Bridge

1 hour ago, Kev Bo said:

I want to be able to restrict it to 250w for road use, then change it to more power to cope with trails and steep river banks.

I'm afraid a restricted more powerful motor remains illegal for use on the road. Also illegal for use off road in any publicly accessible place. However, the 250w is the rated continuous power; lots of legal motors can generate peak power of 3 times that or more.

2 hours ago, Kev Bo said:

Thanks to everyone for allowing me to join.

I need an ebike for going along River banks and Lochs in Scotland as i don't have the best health now.

I think a mid drive is best and probably built on a Rockhopper bike.

I want to be able to restrict it to 250w for road use, then change it to more power to cope with trails and steep river banks. Needs to have decent hydraulic brakes, good off road tyres and good suspension.

Can anyone suggest a suitable kit and battery please. I've heard the Rockhopper is a good bike but again i'm open to your suggestions .

I've got no experience doing this kind of work, so also looking for someone to put it all together. I'm based in Liverpool.

Thanks in advance

You can get all the power you need for climbing the steepest hills with a 250w motor. You don't need any de-restricting. Just choose a bike with the power you need.

3 hours ago, sjpt said:

I'm afraid a restricted more powerful motor remains illegal for use on the road. Also illegal for use off road in any publicly accessible place. However, the 250w is the rated continuous power; lots of legal motors can generate peak power of 3 times that or more.

Family has a 2600 acre farm with river running through so it will be private land use only.

9 hours ago, Kev Bo said:

Family has a 2600 acre farm with river running through so it will be private land use only.

The 250w power restriction in the legislation is based on the manufacturers' rated power of the motor, so if you bought a conversion kit that had a motor rated at higher than 250w there is no way of restricting it and making it legal. You can't change the motors manufacturers rated power - it is fixed forever. You could get a 250w rated kit and go into the advanced settings, usually requiring a password and remove the 15.5 mph max motor assist speed on private land , and then restrict it back when you go on the road or publicly accessible land

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Peter.Bridge