Originally Posted by
TejanoTrackie
ACS Crossfire is excellent and priced very moderately, but requires its own special proprietary removal tool. White Industries is the best at a very high cost; I paid over $40 just for the White Industries freewheel removal tool, which is the only tool that will work properly.
IME the Excess freewheel is as good as the Crossfire (haven't used the crossfire pro) and while they make a special tool for it as well it can be removed with a quad tooth frewheel remover quite easily. I have just about every freewheel tool shape made (including the crossfire) but the most reliable/functional one I have is a quad tooth one I picked up in a bike shop in Sagamihara Japan, but I bought a lot of my bike tools when I lived in Yokohama that I haven't seen for sale here in the USA. I traded a bunch of parts for my White it was by far the best trade I have made so far. I have an old 18t Suntour thats really nice, Origin 8 made a really nice one for a while though not in 5 years at least. Not a fan of Shimano freewheels they pop too much under start loads and feel like they drag when coasting at speed. I have 5-6 17t Claws that I have all but destroyed BMX racing. If you can find a AC racing freewheel they are really nice though they use a BB tool for installation