Originally Posted by
Duragrouch
Dahons with the compact RD well forward of the rear axle, are a royal PITA to pull and reinstall the rear wheel; The chain run from the jockey pulley to the small cog, blocks the wheel dropping out in the direction of the (vertical) dropouts. Dropping the axle down, then trying to snake the chain over the (long, nutted) axle, was tough, as the chain run was not long so had little lateral compliance. Just terrible.
Retrofitting a claw mount derailleur aft, solved that issue, except now the RD hangs loose in mid-air by the cable when the wheel is loose, and needs to be realigned after the wheel is remounted. If I could just fix the RD in place, that would be solved, but I'm not going to drill into the dropout to do that. All the current RD bikes have a proper fixed hanger in proper position, so no longer an issue.
Indeed. But it's an
FnHon Storm with a standard RD hanger. If you are getting grease on your hands while removing an RD transmission rear wheel, it's either incorrect technique/user error, or you are applying excessive chain lube which is splattering all over the vecinity of the chain and on the RD. Those of us who have white-sidewall tires are particularly aware of this messy splatter which goes largely unnoticed on tires with regular black sidewalls.
Pull and rotate the RD backwards, extract wheel. Boom, done. What greasy hands?