Originally Posted by
EjustE
Unless you are lucky to have those big Maillard freewheels that are bigger in diameter than what the FR-1 can take care and the tools that used to remove them were made of only a couple of years and now cost as much as a wheel set... You got to love the french sometimes...
I got lucky one day and happened to wander into a shop that was going out of business. A lot of the tools I needed were already gone, but one of these and a graduated seat-post sizer post were still up for grabs - so I grabbed them.
I got a pretty good pile o's stuff that day, but those two items were among the great scores - even though I hardly ever use them.
For vintage stuff, almost all you need are the two Suntour ones, the Shimano one, and maybe the Regina/Falcon ones. Anything else is scarce enough to just bring to the LBS once in a while - along with a six-pack.
For the modern stuff, it's easy - Campy, Shimano, and a chain whip covers everything.