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Consensus in my circle of friends seems to be that the quality of Shimano freewheels has dropped off a cliff in recent history. My own experience corroborates this, had one on a bmx ages ago and it was solid and became outdated tech before it stopped working, had one on my Pompino last year and it was shite.
Dictas can be found on ebay in most sizes for around £5, Shimano ones are around 5x that cost so my choice would be to run a regularly replaced Dicta.
My choice actually *is*to run WI freewheels though. I have 2 of them, bought used, each for a similar cost to the Shimano unit's rrp.