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 Lozna it runs 337 km to Lozna; allow about 6 h 44 of riding. The stops in between: Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, Gilău - La Castel and back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
This part of the ride is 72 km of Negreni - Poiana la Arbore → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
Somewhere in the hills of Sălaj county, between the villages of Lozna, Rus and Letca, a meadow called Poiana la Arbore, the clearing by the tree, marks one of the small Roman sites on the north-western frontier of Dacia. The name alone tells you what to expect: a glade, a ridge, perhaps a lone tree, and the faint traces of a watch post that once looked out over the Someş valley. The Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing in 2024 included many such places, and their value lies in the chain they form rather than in any single ruin.
Read the complete Negreni - Poiana la Arbore write-up.
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Negreni - Poiana la Arbore 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 72 km into the recorded legs. Next is Gilău - La Castel.
Gilău is a market village on the Someșul Mic, the first real settlement west of Cluj-Napoca on the road toward the Apuseni mountains, and the place name La Castel says it plainly: there was a fortification here, and there still is one, layered through the centuries. Under the later castle grounds, archaeologists found a Roman auxiliary fort guarding the valley route into Dacia from the west, and the medieval and early modern castle that followed sits on the same strategic ground. Rome, Hungarian nobles and later owners all made the same calculation about this spot.
Read the complete Gilău - La Castel write-up.
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about 168 km into the recorded legs you reach Gilău - La Castel. Next is back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
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back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, late in the day. Next is Negreni - Poiana la Arbore.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negreni - Poiana la Arbore write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Negreni - Poiana la Arbore. That is the ride.
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Gilău - La Castel is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gilău - La Castel → back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Negreni - Poiana la Arbore is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.