Sram DB8 - mineral oil brake

[Calvin27]

Mate got a bike with these brakes:

DB8 - DB-DB8-A1 - SRAM

DB8, DB-DB8-A1, SRAM. DB8 is our simple, robust, and powerful brake for riders who prefer to set and forget. The low maintenance Mineral Oil system uses proven lever techno...

www.sram.com

Apparently these have been out for a while. Yes Sram brakes that use mineral oil. Funny thing is sram claims they double the service interval. Ya think so?!

 

[Oddjob]

Mate got a bike with these brakes:

DB8 - DB-DB8-A1 - SRAM

DB8, DB-DB8-A1, SRAM. DB8 is our simple, robust, and powerful brake for riders who prefer to set and forget. The low maintenance Mineral Oil system uses proven lever techno...

www.sram.com

Apparently these have been out for a while. Yes Sram brakes that use mineral oil. Funny thing is sram claims they double the service interval. Ya think so?!

Interesting. What pads do they use?

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[Calvin27]

What pads do they use?

Code apparently. I dunno, not really much of a sram guy. Just basically taking this opportunity to say, I flipping told you so ya muppets, dot fluid sucks!

 

[The Duckmeister]

Funny thing is sram claims they double the service interval. Ya think so?!

Depends what other part/s of the system they fucked up...... But all other things being equal, mineral oil will way more than double service intervals.