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 Jibou it runs 548 km to Jibou; allow about 12 h 25 of riding. On the way it passes Agrij - Coasta Lată, Bologa - Măgura Bologii, Roșia Montană Mining Landscape and Ighiu - Dealul Măgulici. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
This part of the ride is 37 km of Prodănești - Pe Șanț → Agrij - Coasta Lată.
"Pe Șanț" means on the ditch, and in Romanian hill country that word is nearly always a clue. A șanț is an earthwork, a trench or rampart, and the countryside of Sălaj holds many of them, from Roman-era frontier lines to medieval and prehistoric defences.
Read the complete Prodănești - Pe Șanț write-up.
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Prodănești - Pe Șanț is where the day begins. Next is Agrij - Coasta Lată.
The Meseș mountains are a modest ridge by Carpathian standards, but for the Romans they were a natural wall, and they built their frontier along it. The north-western edge of Dacia ran along these hills, with forts, watchtowers and walls guarding the passes from the plains of the Barbaricum beyond. Agrij - Coasta Lată, near the villages of Stârciu, Buciumi and Meseșenii de Jos, is one of the watchtower sites named in the World Heritage inscription of 2024. Nearby, at Buciumi, are the remains of a fort, and a little further north, at Moigrad, lies Porolissum, the largest Roman site in the region, with a reconstructed gate.
Read the complete Agrij - Coasta Lată write-up.
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Agrij - Coasta Lată comes up about 37 km into the recorded legs. Next is Bologa - Măgura Bologii.
Bologa is a village in the valley of the Crișul Repede, the swift river that flows west from the hills of Cluj county towards Oradea and the Hungarian plain. On the hill above it, known as Măgura Bologii, lie the remains of a castle that once guarded the valley, and in the fields nearby are the traces of a Roman fort, built to protect the north western edge of the province of Dacia. The fort, known in antiquity as Resculum, is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024, a line of forts, watchtowers and walls that ran along the edge of the Roman province from the second to the third century.
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about 89 km into the recorded legs you reach Bologa - Măgura Bologii. Next is Roșia Montană Mining Landscape.
Gold has been mined at Roșia Montană, in the Apuseni mountains of western Romania, for over two thousand years. The Romans, who called the place Alburnus Maior, dug an extensive network of galleries into the mountains to extract the gold, and some of these galleries survive, along with wax tablets found in the mines, recording contracts and daily life. In 2021, after years of controversy, the mining landscape of Roșia Montană was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Roșia Montană Mining Landscape, about halfway. Next is Ighiu - Dealul Măgulici.
There is a hill above Ighiu called Măgulici, and from its slopes you look straight across the Mureș valley toward Alba Iulia, the old Roman Apulum. That view is the whole point. Apulum was the base of the Thirteenth Legion and the largest Roman centre in Dacia, and the hills around it were dotted with watch posts and small sites that kept an eye on the roads in and out. The frontier lists name a site on Dealul Măgulici, and while there is little to see on the ground beyond the lie of the land, standing there makes the Roman geography readable.
Read the complete Ighiu - Dealul Măgulici write-up.
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Ighiu - Dealul Măgulici sits at 206 km, about halfway. Next is back through Roșia Montană Mining Landscape.
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Read the complete Roșia Montană Mining Landscape write-up.
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back through Roșia Montană Mining Landscape comes up about 340 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Bologa - Măgura Bologii.
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about 459 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Bologa - Măgura Bologii. Next is back through Agrij - Coasta Lată.
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Read the complete Agrij - Coasta Lată write-up.
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back through Agrij - Coasta Lată, late in the day. Next is Prodănești - Pe Șanț.
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Read the complete Prodănești - Pe Șanț write-up.
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The route ends here after 548 km.
Prodănești - Pe Șanț → Agrij - Coasta Lată is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Agrij - Coasta Lată → Bologa - Măgura Bologii is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bologa - Măgura Bologii → Roșia Montană Mining Landscape is 119 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Roșia Montană Mining Landscape → Ighiu - Dealul Măgulici is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ighiu - Dealul Măgulici → back through Roșia Montană Mining Landscape is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Roșia Montană Mining Landscape → back through Bologa - Măgura Bologii is 119 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Bologa - Măgura Bologii → back through Agrij - Coasta Lată is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Agrij - Coasta Lată → Prodănești - Pe Șanț is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.