Originally Posted by pgringo69
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.
yeah but this can be independent of rear cog size.
its more dependent on chainstay lenght.
then again, if you have 2 different gear ratios that somehow manage to put the rear axle at the same position in the dropout, wouldn't it be easier to remove the chain from the smaller rear cog?