Why this ride
201 km from Meseşenii de Jos to Meseşenii de Jos, about 4 h 12 of riding. On the way it passes Brebi - Comorâște, Cliț - Fața Chicerii, Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei and back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei and Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 201 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 12
- 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. Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei
Treznea is a small village that appears in Romanian history books for a bad reason. In August 1940, the Second Vienna Award, imposed by Germany and Italy, handed northern Transylvania to Hungary, and in the weeks that followed, Hungarian troops entered the area. On 9 September, in Treznea and the neighbouring village of Ip, dozens of Romanian civilians were killed in reprisals, and a memorial in Treznea recalls them. The territory returned to Romania in 1944, but the memory of those years still shapes local life.
Read the complete Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei is where the day begins. Next is Brebi - Comorâște.
2. Brebi - Comorâște
The hill of Comorâște, above the village of Brebi in Sălaj county, overlooks the Someș valley as it turns north towards Jibou, and its name hints at buried treasure, comoară, which is how villagers often explained odd mounds and old stones on their land. Archaeologists explain it more prosaically as a Roman watch site on the north-western frontier of Dacia, part of the line of towers and forts strung along the Meseș hills and inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. From the top you can see across the valley to the forested ridges that once marked the edge of the empire.
Read the complete Brebi - Comorâște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Brebi - Comorâște comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
3. Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Northern Sălaj is quiet country: low wooded hills, hay meadows, plum orchards and villages strung along the Someș river and its side valleys, with wooden churches and haystacks built around poles in the fields. Cliț is a small village near Băbeni, and the point named Fața Chicerii lies in the hills above it. Names in this list follow the pattern of the Romanian archaeological record, a village and then the local name of a hillside, and in this part of Sălaj many such points belong to the line of watchtowers and small forts of the Roman frontier of Dacia, which UNESCO recognised in 2024.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Cliț - Fața Chicerii. Next is Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei.
4. Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei
Strâmtură means a narrowing, and the name fits. Just outside Gâlgău, a small Sălaj village on the Someș, the valley pinches between wooded slopes, and the Roman frontier made use of exactly such pinch points to control movement along the river. The site listed as Valea Strâmturei belongs to that northern Dacian line, and like most of its neighbours it is earthwork and setting rather than standing masonry. You come for the geography and the sense of a border that ran through these quiet hills nearly two thousand years ago.
Read the complete Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei, about halfway. Next is back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
5. back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii sits at 107 km, about halfway. Next is back through Brebi - Comorâște.
6. back through Brebi - Comorâște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brebi - Comorâște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Brebi - Comorâște comes up about 170 km into the recorded legs. Next is Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei.
7. Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei closes the day.
Leg by leg
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei to Brebi - Comorâște
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei → Brebi - Comorâște is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brebi - Comorâște to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Brebi - Comorâște → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei to back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei → back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii to back through Brebi - Comorâște
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii → back through Brebi - Comorâște is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Brebi - Comorâște to Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei
back through Brebi - Comorâște → Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.