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 296 km to Jibou; allow about 5 h 54 of riding. It goes by way of Chiuiești - Dealul Podului, Sărățel - Cetate 1 and back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
"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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Prodănești - Pe Șanț is where the day begins. Next is Chiuiești - Dealul Podului.
The hills above the Someș valley northeast of Dej roll away in long green waves, and the commune of Chiuiești sprawls across them in a scatter of hamlets, each tucked into its own fold of land. Dealul Podului, the Hill of the Bridge, is one of the ridges where traces of a Roman watchtower have been found, part of the chain of observation points that guarded the northern frontier of Dacia. The frontier was not a wall but a network of forts, towers and roads, and the Romans placed their towers where they could see far across the valleys and signal to one another. The site is one of the components of the World Heritage site of the Dacian frontier, although on the ground you will see little more than the shape of the hill and perhaps a low mound.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Dealul Podului write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Chiuiești - Dealul Podului comes up about 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sărățel - Cetate 1.
The name Sărățel means the little salty place, and this corner of Bistrița-Năsăud has salt underground: springs of brine rise here and there in the hills, and for centuries people used them for cooking, curing meat and treating animals. Salt was one of the reasons the Romans wanted Dacia, along with gold, and on a hill near the village they placed a fort, Cetate, meaning the citadel, at the north-eastern corner of their province. Behind it lay the valley of the Șieu and the road towards the interior; in front, the hills where the free Dacians lived. The site is now part of the Roman frontier of Dacia on the World Heritage list, though, like most of these places, it is visible mainly as an outline of banks and ditches.
Read the complete Sărățel - Cetate 1 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 148 km into the recorded legs you reach Sărățel - Cetate 1. Next is back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Dealul Podului write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului, late in the day. Next is Prodănești - Pe Șanț.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Prodănești - Pe Șanț write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Prodănești - Pe Șanț. That is the ride.
Prodănești - Pe Șanț → Chiuiești - Dealul Podului is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chiuiești - Dealul Podului → Sărățel - Cetate 1 is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Sărățel - Cetate 1 → back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului is 64 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Chiuiești - Dealul Podului → Prodănești - Pe Șanț is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.