I was a disc brake skeptic, when I bought my Raleigh Redux3 (Hydraulic). I ride mostly road/gravel and not many down hills. The pads squealed and the QR front wheel was a major PITA to reinstall. I bought new pads, which solved the squeal problem. That bike was sold and replaced by a Salsa Warbird, with mechanical disc brakes, thru axle a breeze, no noise and they seem to stop just as well as the hydraulic brakes. I've had to make a few panic stops and they do stop NOW.