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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A 317 km round trip from Chiuiești - roughly 5 h 56 in the saddle. On the way it passes Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2, Bologa - Grădiște and back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
North of Dej, the Someș river winds through a land of soft hills, orchards and scattered villages, and on the ridges above it the Romans once kept watch over the northern frontier of their province of Dacia. Chiuiești, a commune of small villages spread across the hills, is one of the places where archaeologists have identified the remains of watchtowers on high points along the frontier, including one on the hill known as Dealul Crucii, the Hill of the Cross. Little survives above ground beyond low mounds and traces in the grass, but the sites are included in the World Heritage inscription of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia, added in 2024.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii write-up.
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Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii is where the day begins. Next is Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
The Roman province of Dacia had a northern frontier that ran along the hills of what is now Sălaj county, in north-western Romania, around the great fortress of Porolissum. Here the Limes was not a continuous wall but a network of watchtowers, small forts and earthworks set on hilltops with views over the valleys. Vârful Cigleanului, a hilltop near the village of Ciglean, close to Jibou, held one of these watchtowers, and the number in the name marks it as one of several in the area.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
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Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 comes up about 84 km into the recorded legs. Next is Bologa - Grădiște.
The village of Bologa lies in the valley of the Crișul Repede, on the main road between Cluj-Napoca and Oradea, where the river cuts through the hills between the Apuseni mountains and the Meseș. On a hill above the village, known locally as Grădiște, the Romans built the fort of Resculum, which guarded one of the main routes into the province of Dacia from the west. The fort was rebuilt several times, from earth and timber to stone, and archaeologists have uncovered its walls, gates and towers. It is part of the UNESCO listing of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia. On another hill above the village stand the ruins of a medieval castle, which controlled the same valley in later centuries. Climbing to either site gives fine views over the valley and the surrounding hills.
Read the complete Bologa - Grădiște write-up.
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about 159 km into the recorded legs you reach Bologa - Grădiște. Next is back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
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back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2, late in the day. Next is Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii. That is the ride.
Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii → Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 → Bologa - Grădiște is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bologa - Grădiște → back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 → Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.