SummeRide bike rally attracts more than 1,000, despite wind

This was the second year for the SummeRide Bike Rally.Last year, three days of rain put a damper on biker numbers, which were up more than 300 in 2016.

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Windy weekend

"It's hard to ride when it's that windy," Thorne said.

"So we did have people calling in and saying they were planning on attending and were coming from Halifax or possibly New Brunswick and they were just not going to make it over that day. So that was unfortunate."

Unique events

It wrapped up with the Biker Blessing, led by a member of the Christian Motorcycle Association.

About 40 volunteers helped run the event.

"We do close off Heather Moyse Drive for this, so obviously it causes some traffic interruptions. So we have people out, volunteers are at either end of the street, just guiding the bikes into the right place ... Everything is barricaded off."

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