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Spoon brakes on pneumatic tyres works well enough. Front tyres last a long time, so extra wear from the brake isn’t a major drama. It was pretty common 130 years ago. Spoon brakes reflect the traffic levels and risk assessment approaches of the era.
Chromed rims work well in the dry but are useless in the wet. Al rims have much better performance in the wet.