Here in Canada, CCM distributed two dominant "performance" bikes over some forty years...the Track Flyer and the Road Racer. There were special models and variations on both themes, especially the Flyer but for many years the two bikes were the same frame with differing components and forks.
I have a pic of a Racer posted at
http://www.tc-homes.com/
Neither the track bike NOR the road bike were drilled for brakes, front or rear. A Philco clamp-on rear brake was standard equipment on the Racer. This is a good thing, since it had a double-sided fixed/freewheel hub...the same rear OR front brake was optional on the Flyer. These were very poor stoppers...traffic just wasn't an issue I guess.
Warren Young Toronto
Wes wrote...
it was common to use a "track" bike for all
>events. What I mean is that a track bike, modified with a single speed
>freewheel and brakes, was often used for circuit road events. A friend of
>mine bought a Frejus from a fellow in his eighties a couple of years ago that
>was set up like this. The seatstay bridge had not been drilled but instead a
>"sandwich" of two pieces of aluminum was bolted to the stays and drilled to
>accept the brake. He told us that many people racing in the old Colt Park
>series in Hartford used track bikes modified thus. Anyone have any
>recollections?