Originally Posted by
antdd
Thanks! Which manufacturers would use DOT? Can levers of one brand be used with brakes of another, or only within a brand/series? Until which temperature works oil?
SRAM/Avid, Hayes, Hope use DOT brake fluid (just like a car)
Shimano, Tektro, Magura use mineral oil. It doesn't freeze, just gets sluggish.
Meanwhile cables, you might gather, don't get sluggish at all nor are they toxic.