For what it's worth, when my BF noticed the Cane Creek brakes on my Fuji Silhouette, he gave them a thumbs-up.....He considered them one of the plusses of the deal. Whereas he didn't think much of the wheelset, so we switched that out immediately to a better set that I had on hand.....I don't have much experience with different brakes so can't really comment on Cane Creek versus others. I don't feel super-confident with the brakes going downhill, but as I noted earlier, that could just be my newbie bike-handling skills in combo with a noticeably lighter bike than I'm used to.