Staff photos by Meghan Pierce
Staff photos by Meghan Pierce

About 45 motorcycle riders leave Bowling Acres in Peterborough Saturday morning to join reportedly 4,500 riders in Laconia for a ride for the “Ride for the Fallen 7” to honor the seven bikers killed in a crash in Randolph last month. After meeting in Laconia the thousands of bikers rode up I-93 to The Inn at Bowman in Randolph for a memorial service near the site of the crash. NHPR reported 4,500 riders on 3,000 motorcycles participated in the ride.