Originally Posted by Skipjacks

How much difference is there is disc brake pad quality?

In terms of stopping power and noise? My stock pads are squeaky and annoying. I just assumed that's what disc brakes sounded like, being that it's my first bike with discs. Could different pads fix that? The stopping power on them is pretty good. Any stronger and they'd just lock the wheels up, which is no good. But I could go for less squeaking. Bike came with Tekro hydrolic brakes, probably low end pads.