2014 Kill Bill Century: May 4, 2014 at 7am

@americancyclo 83317 wrote:

the flyby is fun to watch. gives you an idea of when people peel off and jump on!
http://goo.gl/62C45j

Whoa, that flyby thing is awesome! Nice to see Strava making new interesting uses of their data.

I’d like to join this year. I was just saying to myself that I’d like to do shorter, harder rides to train for the longer rides later in the year. No better ride than this one to test myself, while also staying close to home.

I have no expectations of finishing, especially depending on timing. With the wife out of town and and a dog to take care of, looks like I’ll either have to catch you guys en route late, or show up on time and leave the route early.

Okay, I’m in. May God have mercy on my legs.

I don’t seem to learn from past experiences. I am in. Silly hilly ride with good folks. What’s not to like?

Watching Hozn go full afterburner up Jay Miller was fun. The Fred in me was thinking “Jebezus that was cool but you might need that later”

I am going to donate $10 to GRASP in Dirt’s name for each rider that finishes Kill Bill this year.

@sjclaeys 83489 wrote:

I can’t join because I am doing a charity run that morning, but I can offer beer. I will have a keg of homebrewed Austral-America Pale Ale available after noon for those Kill Billers who want to stop by. My house is at the corner of Powhatan Street and 11th Road. At mile 68.3, instead of turning right on to Quantico from 11th Road, go straight one more block to Powhatan and it is the house on the upper right hand corner. Just go to the backyard.

Does the offer apply to Kill Bill social riders too?? We’ll stop by and say hello for sure.

@sjclaeys 83543 wrote:

Sure, I won’t be checking bike computers.

That’d be a hell of way to bounce a party, though. “You must have ridden this many miles to drink beer in my backyard”

Sorry to ask such a mundane question… what do people do about lunch?
And other, ah, necessary stops?

The stops were timed well, a couple of water bottles and some money worked well for me last year. I brought some bike jersey friendly munchies for the occasional snack between leg bending, near life ending hills.