Why this ride
From Nimigea de Sus it runs 137 km to Nimigea de Sus; allow about 3 h 11 of riding. The stops in between: Sita - Vârful Sitii, Dumbrăveni and back through Sita - Vârful Sitii.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Salva - Roata lui Todoran and Dumbrăveni
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 137 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 11
- 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 Sita - Vârful Sitii.
2. Sita - Vârful Sitii
On a hilltop near the village of Spermezeu, in the Someș hills of Bistrița-Năsăud county in northern Romania, a small watchtower once stood guard over the northern edge of the Roman Empire. When the emperor Trajan conquered Dacia in the early second century, the Romans built a frontier around their new province, the Dacian limes, a chain of forts, watchtowers and earthworks running along the Carpathians and through the hills. Vârful Sitii, the summit of Sita, was one of the observation points, chosen because from here soldiers could watch the valleys to the north and send signals to the forts behind them.
Read the complete Sita - Vârful Sitii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sita - Vârful Sitii comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dumbrăveni.
3. Dumbrăveni
Dumbrăveni sits in the quiet hill country above the Someş Mare, where the river curves west towards Dej and the land folds into low ridges, orchards and small woods of oak and hornbeam. Like several places on these rides, it marks a point on the old northern edge of Roman Dacia, one of the scattered watchtower and earthwork sites listed in 2024 as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Expect a hill and a view rather than masonry, and enjoy the feeling of being somewhere few travellers bother to stop.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 68 km into the recorded legs you reach Dumbrăveni. Next is back through Sita - Vârful Sitii.
4. back through Sita - Vârful Sitii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sita - Vârful Sitii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Sita - Vârful Sitii, late in the day. Next is Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
5. 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
Back at Salva - Roata lui Todoran. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Salva - Roata lui Todoran to Sita - Vârful Sitii
Salva - Roata lui Todoran → Sita - Vârful Sitii is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sita - Vârful Sitii to Dumbrăveni
Sita - Vârful Sitii → Dumbrăveni is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dumbrăveni to back through Sita - Vârful Sitii
Dumbrăveni → back through Sita - Vârful Sitii is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sita - Vârful Sitii to Salva - Roata lui Todoran
back through Sita - Vârful Sitii → Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.