Just replaced the front brake of my bike, its terrible. It can barely even stop the wheel against me pedaling. The back brake is still using the original pad and doing a significantly better job.
All I did was remove the old one and put the new one in. Adjust the brake position slightly to avoid rubbing when the wheel spins.
Does it take time for a new brake pad to wear in at all? Is there something else worth trying? Its terrible currently.
Ah, another tip: there’s probably a workshop or something in your city that cathers to bike-owners
For my city, in the port, there’s a guy that every weekend morning comes with a fully decked out cargo bike and repairs people’s bikes for free (more like, he tells you what to do with what, and makes you yourself fix it)