Why this ride
From Spermezeu it runs 105 km to Spermezeu; allow about 2 h 27 of riding. It goes by way of Salva - Roata lui Todoran, Șintereag - Dealul Oului and back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sita - Vârful Sitii and Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 105 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 27
- 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
2. 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 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 52 km into the recorded legs you reach Șintereag - Dealul Oului. Next is back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
4. back through 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 through Salva - Roata lui Todoran, late in the day. Next is Sita - Vârful Sitii.
5. 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 at Sita - Vârful Sitii. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Sita - Vârful Sitii to Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Sita - Vârful Sitii → Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salva - Roata lui Todoran to Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Salva - Roata lui Todoran → Șintereag - Dealul Oului is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Șintereag - Dealul Oului to back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Șintereag - Dealul Oului → back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran to Sita - Vârful Sitii
back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran → Sita - Vârful Sitii is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.