Era una bicicleta holandesa y no tenía frenos, frenabas pedaleando hacia atrás.It was a Dutch bike and it didn't have any brakes. You braked by pedalling backwards.
Si no tenía donde quedarse, ¿por qué no me lo dijo? Podría haberse quedado en mi casa.If you didn't have a place to stay, why didn't you tell me? You could have stayed at my place.