On Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 11:59:37 AM UTC+1, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 3:37:48 AM UTC-4, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Andre Jute wrote:

whereas with forward facing slots you need
a second person to hold the wheel in the slot
while you turn the spanner.

Easier to turn the bike upside down and let the
axis fall into the dropout with the chain on.

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Yet MILLIONS of people who own bicycles with forward facing dropouts and nutted rear axles manage to replace a rear wheel all by themselves often at the side of the road and without having to turn the bicycle upside down either.

Cheers

Congratulations to you and to them, Ridealot. You've all failed Ergonomics 101.

Andre Jute
"Best I can do, guv," isn't good enough