Why this ride
From Stârciu it runs 299 km to Stârciu; allow about 5 h 45 of riding. On the way it passes Poieni - Râmbușoi, Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1, Cliț - Fața Chicerii and back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu and Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 299 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 45
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
Dosu forest lies above Buciumi, in the hills where Sălaj starts rising toward the Meseș range. It is a working woodland, not a showpiece: beech and oak, a few hornbeam, tracks cut by loggers, and a floor that smells strongly of leaf mould after rain. If you stop and kill the engine, the quiet is very complete. Wild boar and roe deer use these slopes, and the ground along the verges is often turned up by the former.
Read the complete Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu is where the day begins. Next is Poieni - Râmbușoi.
2. Poieni - Râmbușoi
West of Cluj, the valley of the Crișul Repede cuts through the hills toward the Hungarian plain, and the main road between Transylvania and the west follows it. The village of Poieni and the hill of Râmbușoi lie in this valley, between Huedin and Ciucea, with the forested slopes of the Vlădeasa massif, part of the Apuseni mountains, rising to the south. In Roman times, the frontier of Dacia ran through the hills to the north, along the Meseș mountains, and this corridor was a natural route to watch; hilltop positions in the area formed part of the defensive network, and the larger fort at Bologa guarded the valley nearby.
Read the complete Poieni - Râmbușoi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Poieni - Râmbușoi comes up about 42 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1.
3. Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1
Mirsid is the kind of village you pass on the way somewhere else, until you notice that it sits at the foot of the greatest Roman frontier in Transylvania. The ridge of the Meses mountains rises behind it in a long, dark line of beech and oak, and the Romans built a series of watchtowers along the crest, looking north across the border into the lands of the free Dacians. The name Dealul Mare, Big Hill, with the number one attached, suggests the first in a sequence of those lookout points, and in a few of them you can still make out the square footprint of a tower in the grass.
Read the complete Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 117 km into the recorded legs you reach Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
4. Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Northern Sălaj is quiet country: low wooded hills, hay meadows, plum orchards and villages strung along the Someș river and its side valleys, with wooden churches and haystacks built around poles in the fields. Cliț is a small village near Băbeni, and the point named Fața Chicerii lies in the hills above it. Names in this list follow the pattern of the Romanian archaeological record, a village and then the local name of a hillside, and in this part of Sălaj many such points belong to the line of watchtowers and small forts of the Roman frontier of Dacia, which UNESCO recognised in 2024.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cliț - Fața Chicerii, about halfway. Next is back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1.
5. back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 sits at 144 km, about halfway. Next is back through Poieni - Râmbușoi.
6. back through Poieni - Râmbușoi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Poieni - Râmbușoi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Poieni - Râmbușoi comes up about 257 km into the recorded legs. Next is Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu.
7. Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu closes the day.
Leg by leg
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu to Poieni - Râmbușoi
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu → Poieni - Râmbușoi is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Poieni - Râmbușoi to Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1
Poieni - Râmbușoi → Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 to back through Poieni - Râmbușoi
back through Mirșid - Dealul Mare 1 → back through Poieni - Râmbușoi is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Poieni - Râmbușoi to Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
back through Poieni - Râmbușoi → Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.