Originally Posted by caloso
Probably the cleanest and most proper way would be to remove the cassette and just pull it off. Or you could go the lazy, quick and dirty way (like 90% of us) and cut it off with tin snips or garden shears. Just be careful not to cut any spokes.
If cutting the dork disk off rather than pulling the cassette doesn't make you a Fred, I take back my confession in another thread to being a Fred for leaving the valve stem caps on......