Bike Week's Wall of Death

By Cheryl Senter on Wednesday, June 14, 2006.
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All this week, New Hampshire Public Radio is bringing you some of the sights and sounds of bike week in Laconia.

Today, the Wall of Death.

It's a regular attraction at Bike Week...and it draws the crowds.

A motorcycle rider uses centrifugal force to hold him and his bike horizontal as he rides around the inside of what looks like a very large barrel.

Freelance Producer Cheryl Senter sends us this postcard.

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