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 Nimigea de Sus it runs 150 km to Nimigea de Sus; allow about 3 h 08 of riding. On the way it passes Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal, Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum, Glod - Toaca Glodului 2 and back through Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum. The line favours views over speed.
The upper valley of the Zagra stream, in the hills of Bistrița-Năsăud county in northern Transylvania, is the sort of place that has produced poets. The village of Hordou, now named Coșbuc, birthplace of the poet George Coșbuc, lies not far away, near Năsăud, and Liviu Rebreanu, one of Romania's great novelists, was born in Târlișua, a little to the west. The hills around Perișor and Zagra, with the summit called Vârful Colnicului, are a landscape of meadows, beech woods and scattered farms that seems to have stepped out of their books.
Read the complete Perișor - Vârful Colnicului write-up.
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Perișor - Vârful Colnicului is where the day begins. Next is Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal.
A Roman cavalry regiment kept its horses near the village of Ilișua, in the hills of northern Transylvania, for most of the time the province of Dacia existed. The fort, which modern archaeologists link with the ancient name Arcobara, was a large stone camp on the northern frontier, and its remains have been excavated over the years. It is part of the frontier of Roman Dacia listed by UNESCO in 2024. Today the site is a field with low walls and grassy mounds, and the neighbouring villages of Uriu, Cristeștii Ciceului and Braniștea go about their business around it.
Read the complete Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal write-up.
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Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum -.
On a terrace above the river Someș, near the village of Cășeiu, a few kilometres from Dej in northern Transylvania, the Romans built a fort they called Samum. It guarded the northern edge of their province of Dacia, which they conquered in the early second century after two hard wars against the Dacian king Decebalus. The fort controlled the valley and the routes into the province, and today its outline can still be traced in the fields, with low walls and earthworks where archaeologists have uncovered gates, towers and barracks. In 2024 the Dacian frontier was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
Read the complete Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum - write-up.
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about 52 km into the recorded legs you reach Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum -. Next is Glod - Toaca Glodului 2.
East of Jibou the Someș river squeezes through a narrower valley, and around Ileanda the hills close in, wooded and steep, with villages tucked wherever there is room for a few houses and gardens. Glod is a tiny settlement in these hills, and Toaca Glodului is the local name of a height above it; toaca, by the way, is the wooden board struck to call monks to prayer, and hills with that name often have a commanding view. Like many points with this naming pattern in Sălaj, it is listed with the Roman frontier of Dacia, where watchtowers and small forts guarded the approaches to the province. On the ground you should expect little more than traces in a field or woodland, so come for the setting.
Read the complete Glod - Toaca Glodului 2 write-up.
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Glod - Toaca Glodului 2, about halfway. Next is back through Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum -.
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Read the complete Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum - write-up.
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back through Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum - sits at 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal.
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Read the complete Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal write-up.
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back through Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal comes up about 123 km into the recorded legs. Next is Perișor - Vârful Colnicului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Perișor - Vârful Colnicului write-up.
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Perișor - Vârful Colnicului closes the day.
Perișor - Vârful Colnicului → Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal → Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum - is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum - → Glod - Toaca Glodului 2 is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Glod - Toaca Glodului 2 → back through Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum - is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cășeiu - Cetățele / Samvm Cășeiu -Samum - → back through Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ilișua - Arcobara / Vicinal → Perișor - Vârful Colnicului is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.