i've only done 211 once but it was probably 3 years ago and there were no rumble strips then, i first heard about them maybe last year, but 211 also is known for having alot of traffic and police enforcement

i know the other route visually and ran it 4 times last year, but as far as i remember its 711(decent road, some sweepers) to Jude's Ferry(really cool road, clean predictable 25mph curves that you can see all the way through) then you jump on 60 and cruise for about 45 minutes, then you get on 56 west and it starts getting twisty, jump on 29 for a short bit, more curves, then back on 56 through the mountains, this is where its like 211 but better and much longer, then it puts you where you can either take 64 home, or ride the blue ridge parkway for another half hour and then spits you off to 64 to take home, we usually stop in charlottesville for dinner... lots of curves, few cars, never seen a cop

but i'm a little weary about anymore large group rides, we've done that route with anywhere from 3-50 bikes and out of the 4 trips last year i'd say 9 or so people went down, none serious but as technical as some of it is and you have no run off for must its hard to do right with a big group, unless you really structure it well and everyone is honest to themselves about what group they should be riding with