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Salva - Modruț and Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2

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Recorded distance
123 km
Riding-time estimate
3 h 05
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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Why this ride

From Nimigea de Sus it runs 123 km to Nimigea de Sus; allow about 3 h 05 of riding. It goes by way of Dobricel - Vârful Lazului, Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 and back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului. The line favours views over speed.

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Salva - Modruț

    Salva lies where the Someșul Mare valley opens into a broad bowl in Bistrița-Năsăud county, with the Rodna mountains standing to the northeast and a ring of low wooded hills closer in. The town is a railway junction, a lorry stop on the road through the valley, and the kind of place that looks ordinary until you ask about its past.

    Read the complete Salva - Modruț write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Salva - Modruț is where the day begins. Next is Dobricel - Vârful Lazului.

  2. 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 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2.

  3. 3. Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2

    Above the valley of the Someș Mare in Bistrița-Năsăud county, the hill called Dealul Podului carries the faint remains of a Roman watch post, one of a string of small installations that kept an eye on the northern edge of the province of Dacia. Like many points on this frontier, inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2024, it is less a monument than a viewpoint with a story, a place where soldiers once scanned the horizon for movement in the free lands to the north. Today the horizon holds forested ridges, orchards and villages strung along the river.

    Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    about 60 km into the recorded legs you reach Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2. Next is back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului.

  4. 4. 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, late in the day. Next is Salva - Modruț.

  5. 5. Salva - Modruț

    Return visit. Read the place description above.

    Read the complete Salva - Modruț write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Back at Salva - Modruț. That is the ride.

Leg by leg

Salva - Modruț to Dobricel - Vârful Lazului

Salva - Modruț → Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.

Dobricel - Vârful Lazului to Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2

Dobricel - Vârful Lazului → Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.

Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 to back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului

Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 → back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.

back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului to Salva - Modruț

back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului → Salva - Modruț is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.

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