Most of you own a Cervelo or other new bike model with horizontal drop-outs in the back… How do you change the wheel??? I have resigned myself with the idea that I must pull the chain back, resulting in a handful of grease, but even then I struggle with installing the wheel. What is the trick? And what is the advantage of horizontal drop-outs, anyway? Help!
it’s easier if you put it in the small chain ring up front.
As the other OP - small ring on the front and small cog on the back and of course a pair of latex gloves in your spares bag…
it’s easier if you put it in the small chain ring up front.
Isn’t that the only purpose of the small chain ring? 
If you go the Cervelo website they have a video showing how to remove the wheel.
If you end up with a handfull of grease you need to clean you chain more often or you over lubricated it something fierce. You should be able to handle your chain with only limited dirt coming off on your hands. I see way too many people who over-lubricate. You should put a drop of lube on every link, not just machine gun cover the whole chain while spinning the cranks. When you are done, wipe your chain with a dry cloth while turning the cranks until it wipes clean. The only part of your chain that needs lubricating are the pins and they are on the inside of the links. All the lube on the outside is nothing more than positively charged material just waiting for negatively charged dirt to come along and form a bond.
Dave
You can’t change a tire, nor should you expect one to change. You either have to accept it for what it is, or move on.
That’s not my experience.
I clean my chain, then lube it with a drop on every link, the night before a ride.
Then before the ride I wipe the chain down before I head out. After 1 or 2 rides, I’ll still get dirty
hands or tattoos if I have to touch the chain.
-Jot
Dirty hands are different than “a handfull of grease”. A little dirt is unavoidable, a lot is totally your own fault.
Exactly. Some people believe that this is WAAAAAY too much.
And what is the advantage of horizontal drop-outs, anyway?
Cervelo decided a rear wheel cutout was a good idea and then pushed the horizontal drops to let you adjust how close you could put your wheel. Frankly, I thought they were a pain in the hindside and I’m glad my present bike doesn’t have them. Of all the new design features they practically standarized, that is the one that I wish would die.
Chad
You don’t need to touch the chain, shift into the smallest cog on the back and pull the deraillieur by the pivot to make to stretch it around the edge of the skewer, never have problems getting it on or off or have to touch the chain.