Originally Posted by
mtnbiker66
I was thinking the same thing.
You see this "friend of mine". . . Was this in a dream? What did Freud say?
Just to throw this in there, my brand new Trek with deore hydraulics has not needed a break-in period. It has not squeaked yet, and stops plenty fast. So I would change the pads and be done with it.
Squeaking and creaking and popping are not typically good things with a MTB. Quoting from another source: "Often the sign of something that is going to wear out, fail or leave you chewing dirt." i.e. creaks and stuff means they want to be tightened or adjusted.