CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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273 km from Jibou to Jibou, about 5 h 47 of riding. On the way it passes Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor, Gilău - Dealul Cetății and back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The ride follows Brebi - Comorâște → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 for 30 km.
The hill of Comorâște, above the village of Brebi in Sălaj county, overlooks the Someș valley as it turns north towards Jibou, and its name hints at buried treasure, comoară, which is how villagers often explained odd mounds and old stones on their land. Archaeologists explain it more prosaically as a Roman watch site on the north-western frontier of Dacia, part of the line of towers and forts strung along the Meseș hills and inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. From the top you can see across the valley to the forested ridges that once marked the edge of the empire.
Read the complete Brebi - Comorâște write-up.
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Brebi - Comorâște is where the day begins. Next is Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
Treznea is a small village in the hills of Sălaj county, eleven kilometres east of Zalău, and its name carries a heavy weight in Romanian history. In September 1940, after northern Transylvania was transferred to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award, Hungarian troops entering the region killed scores of villagers here, Romanians and Jews, in one of the worst atrocities of that time. A memorial in the village remembers the victims. It is a sobering reminder that these quiet hills have seen terrible violence, and a short, respectful stop at the memorial is worth more than any viewpoint on the ride.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
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Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor.
The hill of Dealul Cocinilor rises above the valley of the Crișul Repede near Ciucea, on the western edge of Cluj county, and it marks another point on the Roman frontier of Dacia, this time in the Meseș mountains, where the limes ran along the hills protecting the province of Dacia Porolissensis. The watchtowers here guarded the approaches from the west and north, and from the hilltop you can still see why: the valley below is a natural corridor, used by traders, armies and travellers for thousands of years.
Read the complete Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor write-up.
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about 69 km into the recorded legs you reach Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor. Next is Gilău - Dealul Cetății.
Gilau sits where the flat plain of the Somesul Mic river meets the first hills of the Apuseni mountains, about fifteen kilometres west of Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania, and the hill called Dealul Cetatii, which simply means Fortress Hill, rises almost on the edge of the town, about a kilometre away. The town has nearly eight thousand people, and from the road you can see the high, forested ridges of the Apuseni to the west.
Read the complete Gilău - Dealul Cetății write-up.
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Gilău - Dealul Cetății, about halfway. Next is back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor.
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Read the complete Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor write-up.
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back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor sits at 145 km, about halfway. Next is back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
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Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
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back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 comes up about 241 km into the recorded legs. Next is Brebi - Comorâște.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brebi - Comorâște write-up.
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Brebi - Comorâște closes the day.
Brebi - Comorâște → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor → Gilău - Dealul Cetății is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gilău - Dealul Cetății → back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor → back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Brebi - Comorâște is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.