Originally Posted by Moonshot
For most bikes open up the rear brake, upshift to the smallest cog then finesse the wheel out of the dropouts. It's not hard, but I suppose it may take some practice.
Here's a kicker: Some bikes have such short wheelbases that you will have to let the air out of the tires to get the wheel off (or on). My Bianchi is like that.
I should have explained - and now you are making me even more depressed now that you described how the rest of the world does it
I'm referring to the Shimano Nexus Internal 8 Hub. Completely different animal.