I've never tried the Swisstop green pads before. My poor weather favourites are Kool Stop salmon pads.

But, before you go buying more stuff, check a few things first.

- Do you have ample pull distance on the levers? If you adjust things too short on the pull, you get very little mechanical advantage and the brakes feel tight, but weak.
- Are the pads seated properly? Toed in and meeting the rim squarely so you're not just forcing an edge of the pad against the braking surface?
- Are the rims and pads clean? Take a green scrubby pad and clean the braking surface. Wipe it down with clean rag afterwards. Do the same to the pad surface.