Originally Posted by
alan s
The chain is not a problem. Either drop it off the smaller chainring to the bottom bracket or off the larger chainring to the crank arm and off the crank arm. Plenty of slack either way. Also, taking out the skewer helps a bit. I use nitrile gloves to keep my hands clean. I’m so used to removing and reinstalling the rear wheel, it’s second nature now.
Ah, see, there’s the trick! Thanks! That just never even registered in my brain since I’ve removed so many rear wheels I just always do it the way I’m used to(and has always worked before). But I still wouldn’t want to remove the skewer and throw a pair of rubber gloves in the landfill every time I pull the rear wheel. I’d rather just get a bike with dropouts better suited to a derailer system, or with horizontal dropouts, don’t use a derailer in the rear.