Why this ride
A 305 km round trip from Spermezeu - roughly 6 h 26 in the saddle. On the way it passes Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor, Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 and back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului and Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 305 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 26
- 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. Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Spermezeu is the kind of place a road atlas barely notices: a commune of scattered villages in the hills of Bistrița-Năsăud, in northern Transylvania, between the upper Someș valley and the Țibleș mountains. The site of Dobricel, on the hilltop known as Vârful Lazului, is one of the many archaeological places recorded in the area, a high point above the valleys where traces of earlier inhabitants have been noted. There is not much to see without an archaeologist's eye, but the hilltop and the country around it are a good excuse for a ride through a region few foreigners ever visit.
Read the complete Dobricel - Vârful Lazului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is where the day begins. Next is Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor.
2. Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
A ridge called Dealul Hoancelor does not make it onto many maps, and the place is better understood from the landscape around it. This is the country of the Someș river in the north of Transylvania, between the Meseș mountains in the west and the hills of the Transylvanian plain to the east, and the valleys are broad, green and thickly farmed. The nearest places on our list are tiny villages, Lozna and Letca, and the closest town, Jibou, is about twenty kilometres away.
Read the complete Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor comes up about 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2.
3. Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
The Meseș hills are a long, wooded ridge in northwestern Romania, and for the Romans they were the edge of the world. Beyond them lay the free Dacians and the peoples of the great plain; on this side lay the province of Dacia, conquered by Trajan in the early second century. The valley of the Agrij river, which runs along the southern side of the ridge in Sălaj county, is dotted with archaeological sites, and Osoiul Ciontului is one of many places in the area where traces of ancient settlement have been recorded. There may be little to see at the spot itself, but the landscape around it is rich in history and quiet beauty.
Read the complete Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 152 km into the recorded legs you reach Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2. Next is back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor.
4. back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor, late in the day. Next is Dobricel - Vârful Lazului.
5. Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dobricel - Vârful Lazului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Dobricel - Vârful Lazului. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului to Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului → Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor to Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor → Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 to back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 → back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor to Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor → Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.