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Flats are almost always on the rear wheel mainly because the rear wheel bears almost
all of your weight, sixty percent is fat, and so therefore, don't be intimidated by
the presence of gears. The quick release lever will operate the same way as the front. Brakes
will unhook just as the front, so we'll start, we'll undo the brakes, as we did the front.
We'll then realize we need to take this chain and shift it down to the smallest gear, which
is the higher number on your shift lever if it is equipped with numbers. Lifting the bike
up for a moment and pedaling after you've shifted down will bring the chain down to
the smallest cog. Now we can actually open the quick release lever just as we did on
the front. The next step is to just pull the dérailleur back and the wheel should drop
right out. Now that the wheel is off I recommend that you just gently put the bike down. Again,
I don't recommend working on bikes up side down, because it just damages things on the
handlebars and by gently putting it down on the rear dérailleur you're not hurting anything,
especially, as long as it's clean and you're not loading the thing up the chain with dirt.