I dont think that these pads are original, but they certainly are old. The front ones are brand new. They are still soft so doesn't look like they sat around for too long. Braking power became better, but not a huge difference. Luckily I haven't ran into a situation riding this bike where I needed more. But the levers will hit the bars pretty easily when braking hard.

The previous owner of my bike was nice enough to source some cool dia compe brake levers when converting her to flat bars.

Should I take apart the calipers again and grease the pivot points? Or would that just attract too much grit and dirt? I plan to use regular lube spray and occasional greasing to get the brakes to centre properly.