Can I derestrict a Cyclotricity 250W kit? Recommendations for lightweight hybrid?

[Warwick]

I bought the bike secondhand out of warranty, so the issue isn't relevant.

 

[JohnCade]

Could be relevant to others though so they are now forewarned.

 

[anotherkiwi]

Someone wrote recently that the later LCD allows you to set the cut out in steps of one, and in that case it might be possible to set it to the kph equivalent of 17mph, which is legal and would probably not be so harsh as 15.5mph. If the Chinese could make the motors power down progressively as the cut out speed was approached it wouldn’t be necessary to fiddle about with it at all.

Mine is set to 27 kph which is just under 10% of 25 kph. The cutoff is noticeable when you are pedaling hard, not when you are just pottering about and starts coming in at about 26.4 kph.