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I was asking about spoon brakes because I'm thinking of copying Paul Brodie and building a version of a Starley Giraffe which has one.
However I do not want to use solid tyres and it would seem that spoon brakes and pneumatic tyres won't work together so I might be abondoning the idea of making a spoon brake.
I'd like to stick to some sort of oddball front brake, the rear will be a coaster, so maybe stirrup brakes would work. The brake parts seem to be pretty readily available as are rims to suit. On that subject, SJS stocks chromed steel and painted/powdercoated alloy Westwood rims, I take it either can be used with a brake? Braking probably better on an alloy rim?