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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From Negrilești it runs 129 km to Negrilești; allow about 2 h 46 of riding. It goes by way of Chiuiești - Dealul Podului, Bârsău Mare - Cetate and back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Dumbrăveni sits in the quiet hill country above the Someş Mare, where the river curves west towards Dej and the land folds into low ridges, orchards and small woods of oak and hornbeam. Like several places on these rides, it marks a point on the old northern edge of Roman Dacia, one of the scattered watchtower and earthwork sites listed in 2024 as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Expect a hill and a view rather than masonry, and enjoy the feeling of being somewhere few travellers bother to stop.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni write-up.
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Dumbrăveni is where the day begins. Next is Chiuiești - Dealul Podului.
The hills above the Someș valley northeast of Dej roll away in long green waves, and the commune of Chiuiești sprawls across them in a scatter of hamlets, each tucked into its own fold of land. Dealul Podului, the Hill of the Bridge, is one of the ridges where traces of a Roman watchtower have been found, part of the chain of observation points that guarded the northern frontier of Dacia. The frontier was not a wall but a network of forts, towers and roads, and the Romans placed their towers where they could see far across the valleys and signal to one another. The site is one of the components of the World Heritage site of the Dacian frontier, although on the ground you will see little more than the shape of the hill and perhaps a low mound.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Dealul Podului write-up.
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Chiuiești - Dealul Podului comes up about 33 km into the recorded legs. Next is Bârsău Mare - Cetate.
In the north of Transylvania, the Someș river winds through a valley of green hills, woods and villages with wooden churches and haystacks, and on a hilltop near the village of Bârsău Mare, the faint remains of a Roman fortification overlook the valley. This was part of the northern frontier of Roman Dacia, the province created after Trajan's conquest in the early second century, and it is one of the sites included in the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Bârsău Mare - Cetate write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 63 km into the recorded legs you reach Bârsău Mare - Cetate. Next is back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Dealul Podului write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului, late in the day. Next is Dumbrăveni.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Dumbrăveni. That is the ride.
Dumbrăveni → Chiuiești - Dealul Podului is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chiuiești - Dealul Podului → Bârsău Mare - Cetate is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bârsău Mare - Cetate → back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului → Dumbrăveni is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.