Originally Posted by
Rhodabike
A lot of people are confused as to what gear they need to be in to take the wheel out, thinking they need to be in 4th or whatever gear it is that is used for cable tensioning. In fact, you want to be in the lowest gear as that's when the cable tension is slackest.
Unless of course it's one of the many IGHs where the cable is slackest in the highest gear.