Gah. 2 rides on my new xtc2 with Juicy 5's and the front brake is squeaking like a mouse on acid already when I'm just riding along and not pulling on them. I swear these new fangled technologies are a pain in the arse. Give me the old canti's on my Trek anyday. Least you could run them for years and not worry about them and they'd still work good as new (which isn't that good but who cares? They always stopped me). I think I'm going to start a thread on why new bikes are bullarseproduct and everyone should be riding around on 80's vintage mountain bikes.