Why this ride
From Năsăud it runs 201 km to Năsăud; allow about 4 h 18 of riding. On the way it passes Dobricel - Vârful Lazului, Șintereag - Dealul Oului, Dobricel - Rângoița and back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Salva - Dealul Dumbravă and Dobricel - Rângoița
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 201 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 18
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
The Someșul Mare valley around Năsăud was a frontier long before the Habsburgs made it one again. The Romans built watchtowers on the hills here to guard the northern edge of Dacia, and Salva - Dealul Dumbravă, the hill of the oak grove near the village of Salva, is one of the sites included in the UNESCO listing of the Dacian frontier in 2024. Sixteen centuries later, the Habsburg empire turned the region into a military border district, and the Năsăud border regiment, made up of local Romanian peasants, guarded the Carpathian passes in return for privileges and education.
Read the complete Salva - Dealul Dumbravă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Salva - Dealul Dumbravă is where the day begins. Next is Dobricel - Vârful Lazului.
2. Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Spermezeu is the kind of place a road atlas barely notices: a commune of scattered villages in the hills of Bistrița-Năsăud, in northern Transylvania, between the upper Someș valley and the Țibleș mountains. The site of Dobricel, on the hilltop known as Vârful Lazului, is one of the many archaeological places recorded in the area, a high point above the valleys where traces of earlier inhabitants have been noted. There is not much to see without an archaeologist's eye, but the hilltop and the country around it are a good excuse for a ride through a region few foreigners ever visit.
Read the complete Dobricel - Vârful Lazului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Șintereag - Dealul Oului.
3. Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Egg Hill, Dealul Oului, is a gentle rise near the village of Șintereag in Bistrița-Năsăud, and the Romans used it as a watch post on the north-eastern frontier of Dacia. Like the other sites in this area, it is part of the frontier listed by UNESCO in 2024, and like many of them, it is more a place to imagine than to see: a low hill, a few traces in the ground, a wide view over the valley of the Șieu and the hills toward Bistrița. Șintereag, a village of a few thousand, lies close by, with Șieu-Odorhei and Cociu as neighbours.
Read the complete Șintereag - Dealul Oului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 66 km into the recorded legs you reach Șintereag - Dealul Oului. Next is Dobricel - Rângoița.
4. Dobricel - Rângoița
North of the Someș river, in the rolling hills of Transylvania, the Romans built a different kind of frontier. The Limes Porolissensis was a line of forts and watchtowers running along the crest of the Meseș mountains and the hills beyond, which guarded the northern edge of the province of Dacia against the free Dacians and the peoples to the north. The section of the Dacia frontier on the World Heritage list, inscribed in 2024, includes many of these small posts, each set on a hilltop with a view for miles. Dobricel and Rângoița are two of those place names, hills in a countryside of villages, orchards and hay meadows, where a ruined stone tower would stand among sheep.
Read the complete Dobricel - Rângoița write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dobricel - Rângoița, about halfway. Next is back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului.
5. back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Șintereag - Dealul Oului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului sits at 103 km, about halfway. Next is back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului.
6. back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dobricel - Vârful Lazului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului comes up about 168 km into the recorded legs. Next is Salva - Dealul Dumbravă.
7. Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Salva - Dealul Dumbravă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Salva - Dealul Dumbravă closes the day.
Leg by leg
Salva - Dealul Dumbravă to Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Salva - Dealul Dumbravă → Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului to Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului → Șintereag - Dealul Oului is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Șintereag - Dealul Oului to Dobricel - Rângoița
Șintereag - Dealul Oului → Dobricel - Rângoița is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dobricel - Rângoița to back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Dobricel - Rângoița → back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului to back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului → back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului to Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului → Salva - Dealul Dumbravă is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.