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 272 km round trip from Jibou - roughly 5 h 46 in the saddle. It goes by way of Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor, Gilău - Dealul Cetății and back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The ride follows Popeni - Dumbravă → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 for 30 km.
Think of the frontier of Roman Dacia not as a wall but as a net. In the hills of Sălaj, north of the town of Zalău, the Romans stretched a fine mesh of watchtowers, small forts and earthen barriers across the ridges, all centred on the great fortress of Porolissum, which controlled the most important pass from the province into the lands of the free Dacians. Popeni, a village near Jibou, sits near one of the outer strands of that net: at Dumbravă, a spot on the edge of a wood, the remains of a tower are part of the Dacian frontier on the World Heritage list. You will see a bump in the ground and a lot of grass, and that is all the more reason to use your imagination.
Read the complete Popeni - Dumbravă write-up.
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Popeni - Dumbravă 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 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor.
The hill of Dealul Cocinilor rises above the valley of the Crișul Repede near Ciucea, on the western edge of Cluj county, and it marks another point on the Roman frontier of Dacia, this time in the Meseș mountains, where the limes ran along the hills protecting the province of Dacia Porolissensis. The watchtowers here guarded the approaches from the west and north, and from the hilltop you can still see why: the valley below is a natural corridor, used by traders, armies and travellers for thousands of years.
Read the complete Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor write-up.
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about 69 km into the recorded legs you reach Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor. Next is Gilău - Dealul Cetății.
Gilau sits where the flat plain of the Somesul Mic river meets the first hills of the Apuseni mountains, about fifteen kilometres west of Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania, and the hill called Dealul Cetatii, which simply means Fortress Hill, rises almost on the edge of the town, about a kilometre away. The town has nearly eight thousand people, and from the road you can see the high, forested ridges of the Apuseni to the west.
Read the complete Gilău - Dealul Cetății write-up.
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Gilău - Dealul Cetății, about halfway. Next is back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor write-up.
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back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor sits at 147 km, about halfway. Next is back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 comes up about 241 km into the recorded legs. Next is Popeni - Dumbravă.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Popeni - Dumbravă write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Popeni - Dumbravă closes the day.
Popeni - Dumbravă → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor → Gilău - Dealul Cetății is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gilău - Dealul Cetății → back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor → back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Popeni - Dumbravă is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.