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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143 km from Vulcan to Vulcan, about 4 h 30 of riding. It goes by way of Codrul secular Șinca, Moieciu - Drumul Carului and back through Codrul secular Șinca. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
The Roman fort of Cumidava stood on a terrace near the village of Vulcan, just west of Râșnov, at the southern end of the Bârsa Land, guarding the route from Transylvania through the mountains to Wallachia. It was one of the forts on the eastern frontier of Roman Dacia, and its name, recorded on an inscription, is believed to be Dacian in origin. The site is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, added to the UNESCO list in 2024. Little stands above ground, but the setting, with the mountains rising to the south, makes it clear why the Romans chose this spot.
Read the complete Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate write-up.
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Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate is where the day begins. Next is Codrul secular Șinca.
Codru is an old Romanian word for a deep forest, and the Codrul Secular Șinca, the ancient forest of Șinca, is exactly that: a stand of old-growth beech and fir on the northern slopes of the Făgăraș mountains in Brașov county, where trees have grown, died and fallen for centuries without being cut. It is part of the UNESCO listing of the ancient and primeval beech forests of Europe, a chain of protected forests across many countries that together tell the story of how beech spread across the continent after the last ice age. Walking among trees that are hundreds of years old, with fallen trunks covered in moss and fungi and the canopy closing high above, is a humbling experience.
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Codrul secular Șinca comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Moieciu - Drumul Carului.
Between Bran and Rucăr, the road climbs over the saddle that separates the Bucegi mountains from Piatra Craiului, through a landscape of high meadows, hay barns, scattered farms and limestone peaks. The name Drumul Carului, the cart road, recalls the old route across this pass, which has linked Transylvania and Wallachia for centuries, and archaeologists have recorded a Roman-era site here, part of the network of frontier and road posts in Dacia. Fundata, at the top, is one of the highest villages in Romania, at around 1,350 metres, and the scattered houses of Moieciu, Peștera and Șirnea spread across the hills around it.
Read the complete Moieciu - Drumul Carului write-up.
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about 68 km into the recorded legs you reach Moieciu - Drumul Carului. Next is back through Codrul secular Șinca.
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Read the complete Codrul secular Șinca write-up.
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back through Codrul secular Șinca, late in the day. Next is Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate. That is the ride.
Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate → Codrul secular Șinca is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Codrul secular Șinca → Moieciu - Drumul Carului is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Moieciu - Drumul Carului → back through Codrul secular Șinca is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Codrul secular Șinca → Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.