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@hippy
Shimano road pads are shit and wear out rims too quickly. Koolstop pads are pretty nice but can squeal after a while.
Undo the pads and run the braking surface across a file or sandpaper to roughen it up.
While the pads are out, take to your rim's braking surface with a scourer (those metal things you use for scrubbing all the teflon off your pots and pans).
Just buff all the road crap, brake pad residue, etc. off. Do it with soapy water and then rinse. Hopefully you will see loads of black water at the end.
Do some big stops with your brakes can also help take crap of rim and pad but i'd do this before cleaning 'em