Originally Posted by
Sonofamechanic
…I may have mentioned it would be easier to do it upside down (assumed he didn’t have a bike stand)…but it likely made it all more confusing—apologies. (…I still do all my work by flipping the bike upside down…reminds me of the good old days.)
I've done a lot of work on the bike upside-down.
Some things like adjusting rear derailleur stops with downtube shifters may actually be easier with the bike upside-down (although it may also be a reason that I kept losing a quarter inch at a time of my vintage brake cable housing).
Still, it takes a little readjusting of one's view to think of where things should go.