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All the pedal me riders are expected to be able to repair a puncture solo.
It’s much easier with Rohloff but this is what we used to do with the Nuvinci hubs:
Assuming your bike is the new style of rear dropout:
Front wheel off
Weight on front of bike to lift rear wheel into the air
Release all remaining air from rear tyre
Loosen nuts and Drop rear wheel out of dropout.
Unhook tyre bead from rotor side
Pull inner tube out
Locate source of puncture (all this with the chain still hooked on and Nuvinci gears still attached)
Get new toob in
Seat tyre again
push wheel back into dropouts (with tyre still uninflated)
Fix wheel nuts
Check everything else is tight while you’re at it
Pump up tyre.Takes about 10 - 15mins on the side of the road if you’re good at it.
Soo much easier with Rohloff to get the rear wheel on and off.
Been a while since I’ve done it but hope this helps!
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On the subject of annoying puncture repairs, has anyone managed to swap an inner tube on the rear of an Urban Arrow on their own? I've yet to get a puncture but after it took 2 of us to get the rear wheel out in the comfort of our warehouse, I reckon I'd be fucked if I did. I'll probably get one of those linear inner tubes mentioned above but was wondering if there are any tricks I could try.