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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415 km from Jibou to Jibou, about 9 h 33 of riding. The stops in between: Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, Bologa - Grădiște, Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 and Bologa - Măgura Bologii. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
The ride follows Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 for 44 km.
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.
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Tihău - Dealul Cucului is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 comes up about 44 km into the recorded legs. Next is Bologa - Grădiște.
The village of Bologa lies in the valley of the Crișul Repede, on the main road between Cluj-Napoca and Oradea, where the river cuts through the hills between the Apuseni mountains and the Meseș. On a hill above the village, known locally as Grădiște, the Romans built the fort of Resculum, which guarded one of the main routes into the province of Dacia from the west. The fort was rebuilt several times, from earth and timber to stone, and archaeologists have uncovered its walls, gates and towers. It is part of the UNESCO listing of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia. On another hill above the village stand the ruins of a medieval castle, which controlled the same valley in later centuries. Climbing to either site gives fine views over the valley and the surrounding hills.
Read the complete Bologa - Grădiște write-up.
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about 97 km into the recorded legs you reach Bologa - Grădiște. Next is Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2.
The Meseș hills are a long, wooded ridge in northwestern Romania, and for the Romans they were the edge of the world. Beyond them lay the free Dacians and the peoples of the great plain; on this side lay the province of Dacia, conquered by Trajan in the early second century. The valley of the Agrij river, which runs along the southern side of the ridge in Sălaj county, is dotted with archaeological sites, and Osoiul Ciontului is one of many places in the area where traces of ancient settlement have been recorded. There may be little to see at the spot itself, but the landscape around it is rich in history and quiet beauty.
Read the complete Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 write-up.
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Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2, about halfway. Next is Bologa - Măgura Bologii.
Bologa is a village in the valley of the Crișul Repede, the swift river that flows west from the hills of Cluj county towards Oradea and the Hungarian plain. On the hill above it, known as Măgura Bologii, lie the remains of a castle that once guarded the valley, and in the fields nearby are the traces of a Roman fort, built to protect the north western edge of the province of Dacia. The fort, known in antiquity as Resculum, is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024, a line of forts, watchtowers and walls that ran along the edge of the Roman province from the second to the third century.
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Bologa - Măgura Bologii sits at 142 km, about halfway. Next is back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2.
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back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 comes up about 266 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Bologa - Grădiște.
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about 319 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Bologa - Grădiște. Next is back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
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back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, late in the day. Next is Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
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Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
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The route ends here after 415 km.
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 → Bologa - Grădiște is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bologa - Grădiște → Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 → Bologa - Măgura Bologii is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bologa - Măgura Bologii → back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 → back through Bologa - Grădiște is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Bologa - Grădiște → back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.