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 Băbeni it runs 196 km to Băbeni; allow about 4 h 39 of riding. It goes by way of Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1, Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor and back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
30 km on Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1 → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
Preluci is the sort of place that does not appear in guidebooks and does not seem to mind. The name on the stop points to a stone, a crag or outcrop above the village, and the ride starts and ends here, which gives you a good excuse to look at it properly before you go. The country around is the Sălaj hill belt where it nudges toward the Someș valley, a mix of oak and beech forest, pasture, and villages strung along small streams.
Read the complete Preluci - Piatra Prelucilor 1 write-up.
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Preluci - Piatra Prelucilor 1 is where the day begins. Next is Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1.
Vârful Cigleanului is a hilltop above the Someș valley in Sălaj, in that mild, folded part of northwestern Romania where the land rises in wooded ridges toward the Meseș mountains. The name simply means the peak of the Ciglean, and like many hill labels in Transylvania it points to an old vantage point more than a famous summit. The ground is orchard and pasture on the lower slopes, oak and beech on the higher, and on a clear day the view runs along the river toward Jibou.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1 write-up.
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Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1 comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2. 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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Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor, about halfway. Next is back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
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Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
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back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 sits at 105 km, about halfway. Next is back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1 comes up about 167 km into the recorded legs. Next is Preluci - Piatra Prelucilor 1.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Preluci - Piatra Prelucilor 1 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Preluci - Piatra Prelucilor 1 closes the day.
Preluci - Piatra Prelucilor 1 → Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1 is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1 → 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 → 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 → back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 1 → Preluci - Piatra Prelucilor 1 is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.