dual caliper , road brakes will never feel as strong as V brakes or "ueber" brakes as they were called when they were first introduced... yes at the beginning Shimano was forced to put plastic inserts into the front v brakes to prevent people going over the handlebar....
fast forward 15 years.... everybody has accepted v brakes and now the road brakes being it dual pivot or anything else are consodered inferior
get new pads , keep the rims clean and you will get used to the road brakes....
( after all nobody I know is usung v brakes in the tour de france , and those folks go down prety steep hills)
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