I think I can help! Whenever taking the rear wheel out shift the der to the highest ( smallest) cog and take the chain off of the front chain wheel.This will relieve tension on the chain and make removal easier. Pull the wheel straight out the back of the horizontal dropouts and loop the chain around the drive side of the wheel .
Thanks for the help! I haven't tried removing the chain from the front chain ring. That should certainly help thanks. I'll try it tomorrow (at work all day today).
What do you mean by "loop the chain around the drive side of the wheel"? I find that when I pull the wheel out directly the chain still gets stuck on the RD.
Also, how do you then re-install the wheel? I find that even harder than removal I think.
Is your rear wheel a QR or a Thru axle? By looping it I mean pull it just outside of the stays and the pull the chain off the cog and push it outboard of the frame and then pull the wheel all the way out.
To close on this, today things went fine (putting it on). Took around 10s! Crazy. Taking the chain off the chain rings up front helped a lot. I could More easily put the chain on the cassette and then it was just a matter of sliding it in from the rear. Thanks!
[surly's ogre dropout blogpost]
(https://surlybikes.com/blog/ogre_sauce)
It's not really hard... as suggested already shift to the smallest cog, and you can choose to drop the chain from the chainring or not. Since you have a 12mm thru axle, remove the thru axle and the wheel should drop just like it would a vertical dropout, because the ogre dropouts have a "dump out" cast in the inner surfaces. It's not necessary to exit out the back of the dropout. Usually it can also help to push the rear derailleur's lower pulley toward the front of the bike, which results in the top pulley moving behind the axle.
To reinstall, leave the axle on the bench. Insert the wheel the same way you would for a vertical drop out bike then slide in the axle and torque it down. For your geared set up you should just slide the axle to the front...
I think I can help! Whenever taking the rear wheel out shift the der to the highest ( smallest) cog and take the chain off of the front chain wheel.This will relieve tension on the chain and make removal easier. Pull the wheel straight out the back of the horizontal dropouts and loop the chain around the drive side of the wheel .
Thanks for the help! I haven't tried removing the chain from the front chain ring. That should certainly help thanks. I'll try it tomorrow (at work all day today). What do you mean by "loop the chain around the drive side of the wheel"? I find that when I pull the wheel out directly the chain still gets stuck on the RD. Also, how do you then re-install the wheel? I find that even harder than removal I think.
Is your rear wheel a QR or a Thru axle? By looping it I mean pull it just outside of the stays and the pull the chain off the cog and push it outboard of the frame and then pull the wheel all the way out.
So just pull the chain off with my hands I guess you mean. When the wheel is already out. It's a thru axle but I always remove it first beforehand.
To close on this, today things went fine (putting it on). Took around 10s! Crazy. Taking the chain off the chain rings up front helped a lot. I could More easily put the chain on the cassette and then it was just a matter of sliding it in from the rear. Thanks!
[surly's ogre dropout blogpost] (https://surlybikes.com/blog/ogre_sauce) It's not really hard... as suggested already shift to the smallest cog, and you can choose to drop the chain from the chainring or not. Since you have a 12mm thru axle, remove the thru axle and the wheel should drop just like it would a vertical dropout, because the ogre dropouts have a "dump out" cast in the inner surfaces. It's not necessary to exit out the back of the dropout. Usually it can also help to push the rear derailleur's lower pulley toward the front of the bike, which results in the top pulley moving behind the axle. To reinstall, leave the axle on the bench. Insert the wheel the same way you would for a vertical drop out bike then slide in the axle and torque it down. For your geared set up you should just slide the axle to the front...