Originally Posted by BostonFixed
What? I don't follow. Why would one ratio make it harder to remove the wheel from the dropouts? If you talking about the position of the axle/wheel in the dropouts, thats a different story....
yes. some gear ratios will force the wheel to be slammed forward in the dropouts, so you can't get much slack to get the chain off the front sprocket. in addition, it is harder to get a chain off of a smaller sprocket when there is little slack in the chain.