Why this ride
192 km from Nimigea de Sus to Nimigea de Sus, about 4 h 10 of riding. The stops in between: Dobricel - Rângoița, Șintereag - Dealul Oului, Dobricel - Vârful Lazului and back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Salva - Roata lui Todoran and Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 192 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 10
- 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 - Roata lui Todoran
Salva is a railway village. Trains for the Maramureș line split off here from the route along the Someșul Mare, and the place has a slightly busy, crossroads feel for a commune of a little over four thousand people. The site called Roata lui Todoran, Todoran's wheel, sits right by the village in the Năsăud country of Bistrița-Năsăud, a region that marked the northern edge of Roman Dacia and later formed part of a Habsburg border regiment. Few places in Transylvania have been a frontier for quite so long.
Read the complete Salva - Roata lui Todoran write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Salva - Roata lui Todoran is where the day begins. Next is Dobricel - Rângoița.
2. 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 comes up about 30 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 64 km into the recorded legs you reach Șintereag - Dealul Oului. Next is Dobricel - Vârful Lazului.
4. 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, 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 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through Dobricel - Rângoița.
6. back through Dobricel - Rângoița
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Dobricel - Rângoița comes up about 162 km into the recorded legs. Next is Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
7. Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Salva - Roata lui Todoran write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Salva - Roata lui Todoran closes the day.
Leg by leg
Salva - Roata lui Todoran to Dobricel - Rângoița
Salva - Roata lui Todoran → Dobricel - Rângoița is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dobricel - Rângoița to Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Dobricel - Rângoița → Șintereag - Dealul Oului is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Șintereag - Dealul Oului to Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Șintereag - Dealul Oului → Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului to back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului → back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului to back through Dobricel - Rângoița
back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului → back through Dobricel - Rângoița is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Dobricel - Rângoița to Salva - Roata lui Todoran
back through Dobricel - Rângoița → Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.