Youll love them. Got some grey Continentals on the Raleigh restoration, and they brake great! Calipers are crap Raleigh rear and Shimano 600/Ultegra front.

Dont forget to set them up right. Kool-Stops that aintt toed in right like to howl. Removing the mold compound with some sandpaper or  equivalent is a *good thing* as well.

Got them this morning, going to install them now and see how they work tomorrow sometime

theyll give you confidence.

the wierd thing about my new pads is they only squeal when i finish braking lol as i let go of the lever. kinky!

Deglaze rims, toe in properly, bye bye squeal.  Kool-stops do have a tendency to squeal, but thats a side effect of the compound that also does nice things like not pick up glass and such. Its pretty easy to resolve.

deglaze the what and do the thing?

what?

dont swear at me!!!

You want the leading edge of the pad to hit the rim first, and about 0.5-1mm of gap at the rear when the pad in front first makes contact. The forward motion of the rim will pull the pad flat by flexing the brake arms. If you dont toe in, the brake pad will be hyperextended, and the rear edge will chatter along the rim causing squealing.

mine dont do that. i cant adjust them.

If its the Eagle 2, you can. Theres a sort of internal gimbal where the post goes into the pad. Loosen, adjust angle, then tighten. Worse comes to worse, one can always slightly bend the caliper arm with a crescent wrench.