CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Lechinţa it runs 282 km to Lechinţa; allow about 5 h 43 of riding. It goes by way of Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului, Tihău - Dealul Cucului and back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului. The line favours views over speed.
The name Sărățel means the little salty place, and this corner of Bistrița-Năsăud has salt underground: springs of brine rise here and there in the hills, and for centuries people used them for cooking, curing meat and treating animals. Salt was one of the reasons the Romans wanted Dacia, along with gold, and on a hill near the village they placed a fort, Cetate, meaning the citadel, at the north-eastern corner of their province. Behind it lay the valley of the Șieu and the road towards the interior; in front, the hills where the free Dacians lived. The site is now part of the Roman frontier of Dacia on the World Heritage list, though, like most of these places, it is visible mainly as an outline of banks and ditches.
Read the complete Sărățel - Cetate 1 write-up.
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Sărățel - Cetate 1 is where the day begins. Next is Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului.
North of Dej, in the hills of Cluj county, the land rises into a rolling upland of pastures, orchards and beech woods, cut by small valleys and dotted with villages. Muncelul Chiuieștiului is one of the hilltops above the village of Chiuiești, and the name is listed among archaeological sites of the Roman frontier in Dacia, which in this region ran along the hills to protect the province from the free Dacians and other peoples to the north. What exactly stood on this hilltop is something to learn from the local signs rather than assume; much of the frontier here consisted of small watchtowers and earthworks that left only faint traces.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului write-up.
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Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului comes up about 64 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 141 km into the recorded legs you reach Tihău - Dealul Cucului. Next is back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului, late in the day. Next is Sărățel - Cetate 1.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sărățel - Cetate 1 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Sărățel - Cetate 1. That is the ride.
Sărățel - Cetate 1 → Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului → Sărățel - Cetate 1 is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.