Rather than take a heavy Chain wip and spanner on tour for that once in 5-8000km that you actually reverse the Rohloff cog, I either borrow stuff from other cyclists or use my old chain (which also usually needs replacing around 5000km) to make my own chain wip and borrow a spanner from a local garage. Saving dragging heavy tools around :). The only tool I need to take with me for the Rohloff is the actualy Rohloff tool.
The extra leverage of a 2×4 makes it alot easier too 🙂
Tip: Don’t lie the wheel cog side down while the cog is removed or the oil will leak out.
I change my oil about every 10,000km. The advise Rohloff give about changing every 5000km is based on mountainbikers that like to clean their bikes with high pressure hoses every weekend……
Rohloff cog removal with improvised chain wip from ShaneCycles on Vimeo.