Why this ride
A 377 km round trip from Nimigea de Sus - roughly 8 h 02 in the saddle. On the way it passes Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1, Glod - Toaca Glodului 1, Tihău - Dealul Cucului and Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2. The coast is the point of it.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Salva - Modruț and Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 377 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 02
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
This part of the ride is 44 km of Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 44 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
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 Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1.
2. Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1
The northern edge of Roman Dacia was a long line of watchtowers, small forts and earthworks drawn across the hills of what is now northern Transylvania, and Dealul Podului, the bridge hill, near Dumbrăveni, was one of the points along it. Watchtowers here kept an eye on the valleys that led north from the province, toward the lands of the free Dacians and other peoples beyond the frontier, and their remains, now mostly low earthworks in the fields and forest, are part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing for Dacia, added by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1 comes up about 49 km into the recorded legs. Next is Glod - Toaca Glodului 1.
3. Glod - Toaca Glodului 1
Between Dej and Jibou the Someș river squeezes through a narrow, winding valley, with the railway, the road and the river taking turns to cross each other. On the hills above, near the village of Glod and the larger villages of Rus and Ileanda, the Romans kept a watch on the north-western edge of Dacia, and Toaca Glodului is one of their watchtower positions, among the components of UNESCO's Dacian frontier listing. Toaca is the name of the wooden board struck in Romanian monasteries to call the monks to prayer, and the hill may owe its name to its shape or to some long-forgotten story.
Read the complete Glod - Toaca Glodului 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 95 km into the recorded legs you reach Glod - Toaca Glodului 1. Next is Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
4. Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Dealul Cucului means cuckoo hill, and the name fits the place: a low, wooded rise above the village of Tihău, close to the town of Jibou in the Someș valley of Sălaj county, where in spring the cuckoo's call echoes across the meadows. The point belongs to the network of archaeological sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia in the northwest of the province, near the confluence of the Almaș and Someș rivers, a strategic spot where valleys meet and roads cross. As with many of these sites, there may be little to see on the surface, but the location makes sense once you look at the map.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Tihău - Dealul Cucului, about halfway. Next is Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
5. Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Treznea is a small village in the hills of Sălaj county, eleven kilometres east of Zalău, and its name carries a heavy weight in Romanian history. In September 1940, after northern Transylvania was transferred to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award, Hungarian troops entering the region killed scores of villagers here, Romanians and Jews, in one of the worst atrocities of that time. A memorial in the village remembers the victims. It is a sobering reminder that these quiet hills have seen terrible violence, and a short, respectful stop at the memorial is worth more than any viewpoint on the ride.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 sits at 139 km, about halfway. Next is back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
6. back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului comes up about 231 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Glod - Toaca Glodului 1.
7. back through Glod - Toaca Glodului 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Glod - Toaca Glodului 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 279 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Glod - Toaca Glodului 1. Next is back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1.
8. back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1, late in the day. Next is Salva - Modruț.
9. 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
The route ends here after 377 km.
Leg by leg
Salva - Modruț to Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1
Salva - Modruț → Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1 is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1 to Glod - Toaca Glodului 1
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1 → Glod - Toaca Glodului 1 is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Glod - Toaca Glodului 1 to Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Glod - Toaca Glodului 1 → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Dealul Cucului to Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 to back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului to back through Glod - Toaca Glodului 1
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului → back through Glod - Toaca Glodului 1 is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Glod - Toaca Glodului 1 to back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1
back through Glod - Toaca Glodului 1 → back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1 is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1 to Salva - Modruț
back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 1 → Salva - Modruț is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.