Bicycles in Africa as seen by BBC News website readers

Home-made bicycle in Rwanda [Pic by BBC News website reader Mike Goerz]

This photo by Mike Goerz of a home-made bicycle in Rwanda starts a African photo gallery of bicycles sent in by BBC News website readers.

Simon Hammett photographed this man cycling in the sun in Malawi.

Here, Alida Fernhout's photo of Ugandan bicycle taxis - known as boda-bodas - shows how when it comes to decorations, more is better.

Man with his cattle and bicycle [Pic by BBC News website reader Gerrit McGowan]

And staying in Uganda... Gerrit McGowan illustrates husbandry on two wheels in Bujagali, on the banks of the White Nile.

Now to Kenya, where Anth Hartley photo shows two boys waving from atop their ingeniously-steered bike.

children playing with an old bicycle tyre [Pic by BBC News website reader Waithera Kuria]

Waithera Kuria's photo, also taken in Kenya, perfectly illustrates how bicycles and all their parts become toys when they're no longer roadworthy.

bicycle tied onto back of truck [Pic by BBC News website reader Mike Howlett]

While holidaying in Zambia, Mike Howlett captured this bike strapped onto a truck laden with passengers.

And another from Mike Howlett. This time in Malawi where he saw this man riding his bike, piled high with firewood.

bicycle taxi drivers watching football [Pic by BBC News website reader Robyn Winsor]

Robyn Winsor's picture is of boda-boda bikers taking a break to watch some children play football in Bondo, western Kenya.

boy perched on his bike [Pic by BBC News website reader Robyn Winsor]

Again this one is by Robyn Windsor. But here a boy perched on his bike is seen watching the football match while in the background girls play netball.

guys fixing bikes [Pic by BBC News website reader Nick Anderson]

Some men are captured here in southern Madagascar, by Nick Anderson, fixing their bikes in the shade of a sign in the small town of Ambaro.

Back to Uganda - bicycle country - where this bike leaning up against a hut was captured by Caroline Vallieres in a camp for war-displaced people in the north.

pineapples and soda bottles on a bicycle [Pic by BBC News website reader Sara Hsiao]

Here, Sara Hsiao's photo shows a bike laden down with pineapples and bottles in Entebbe.

bikes stacked up outside a shop [Pic by BBC News website reader Sara Hsiao]

And another by Sara Hsiao. She snapped these bikes, standing side-by-side, outside a tailor's shop in Masindi. For our next gallery, please send us your snaps of Christmas in Africa.