Originally Posted by
RoadTire
A couple of things I'm thinking of trying are pulling the rear wheel just enough to remove the tire and tube from the ND side instead of completely taking the wheel out of the drive train and off the bike. The other is attempting to fix the flat without even doing that much - slip the tube out of the tire, find the hole, patch it, and remount the tire.
Good luck with that.
At least on my commuters that would mean I'd have to work around the fenders, fenderstays, rack, and panniers in addition to the seatstays and chainstays. Just too much fussing around and interference in tiny spaces for me.
Of course, that's before considering that trying to work on the NDS with the bike laying down means the DS is on the ground, potentially bending the RD or RD hanger.
IMHO, it's far, far easier to just take the wheel out, find a nice place to sit and work on it without interference.