First of all, I'm pretty satisfied with the brakes except when coming down steep hills. I do not want to do front wheelstands, and the rims do stop if I squeeze hard enough. I tend to have to squeeze harder then I want to on the levers to decrease my speed (and the rims continue to keep rotating) to a comfortable level. I'm in the bay area, so as some of you know, the hills can get pretty outrageous in the city, hence the need for more stopping power. Ideally, I'd like to have to squeeze on the levers with less force in order to slow down on some of the steeper hills (as oppose to squeezing very hard). I simply don't like having to squeeze so hard to slow down to comfortable speeds. Hopefully I can make the adjustment fairly cheaply, the last resort being replacing the whole brake system to either Ultegra or Dura-Ace. Several people have mentioned trying the kool stop pads, would this help? Would adjusting the tension (I assume tightening the cables) help? I wonder what steps I should take BEFORE replacing the whole system, to hopefully save some $. Thanks for all the help guys.