One brake Single-Speed fools

I was sitting outside the Southbank centre waiting for Critical Mass to form, watching the early arrivals in order to spot friends when they turned up.
There was a chap on what looked to be a nice track bike, running brakeless.
Then he started freewheeling, which confused me slightly, until I spotted the coaster brake arm attached to the non-drive chain stay.
So, he has, presumably, the braking ability of nobrakes, but the ease of use of a coaster brake.
Plus his bike has the super clean nobrakes look.

That reminds me of my "Budapest bike" I used to ride when I lived there...
2 brakes: a coaster brake, and a **crazy **front brake, I don't know how you call those, with no cable, just metal bits articulated from the handle bars, but instead of pulling breakpads onto the rim like on vintage dutch bikes, it was a massive rubber block pushing directly onto the tyre...!!!! Absolutely unefficient when it rains, it was also making the whole bike vibrating if the tyre was not properly inflated... I was never using it... Nice bike though, must be 60 years old, I brought it back from Hungary and I still have it at my grand mother, for when I go visit her.

Szia

Loic