If you believe the humble bicycle is the purest design of all, you won’t get an argument from Kate Leeming.
“It’s very efficient and effective. It’s beautiful looking ... good for physical and mental health. The bike is an incredibly simple tool that everyone can benefit from.”
Leeming knows more about bikes than most. She rode one across Africa (a circuitous route of 22,000 kilometres from Senegal to Somalia), and around Australia (25,000 kilometres over nine months) and from one side of Russia to the other – a comparatively modest 13,400 kilometres, though bears and Siberian swamps were among the hazards.
