How many awards is too many? The people behind the Nissan LEAF will let you know when they find out. Nissan’s innovative electric hatch recently picked up the gong for Electric Vehicle of the Year for 2011 at the GreenFleet Awards in Europe. That award will sit alongside the 2011 European Car of the Year award, the 2010 Green Car Vision prize, the 2011 World Car of the Year honours, and a long list of others. The mantelpiece at LEAF HQ must have some serious reinforcement. GreenFleet’s Colin Boyton said that the LEAF was a clear winner. “With five-door practicality, [...]

Firstly it is crucial that you’ve all of the appropriate gear just before you begin the method so verify you’ve got the following: Spoke Wrench Plastic Mallet (rubber mallet) Nipple tool Small standard screwdriver Grease Truing device A truing software is an extra price, but it sick make lifestyle a lot less difficult in regards to seeing where you’ll want to utilize pressure on the nipples. An option would be to turn the bike upside down and use the forks as the device along with the brake pads as indicators towards the wheels straightness. The best components Excess weight is [...]

When Cannondale fist created a bike back within the early eighties nobody could have foreseen how far this fledgling company would go and it is now one of the most preferred manufacturers in both the skilled and leisure cycling business. Around the skilled side Cannondale have their very own racing crew and they’ve achieved wonderful success winning races and championships and in fact cyclist using their bikes have won Olympic Gold medals, Tour De France levels and each globe and national championships. But as mentioned the expert cycling circuit is not the only region of cycling that Cannondale are involved [...]