Why this ride
A 313 km round trip from Meseşenii de Jos - roughly 6 h 36 in the saddle. It goes by way of Negreni - Poiana la Arbore, Spermezeu - Lazuri and back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei and Spermezeu - Lazuri
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 313 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 36
- 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 Negreni - Poiana la Arbore.
2. Negreni - Poiana la Arbore
Somewhere in the hills of Sălaj county, between the villages of Lozna, Rus and Letca, a meadow called Poiana la Arbore, the clearing by the tree, marks one of the small Roman sites on the north-western frontier of Dacia. The name alone tells you what to expect: a glade, a ridge, perhaps a lone tree, and the faint traces of a watch post that once looked out over the Someş valley. The Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing in 2024 included many such places, and their value lies in the chain they form rather than in any single ruin.
Read the complete Negreni - Poiana la Arbore write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore comes up about 72 km into the recorded legs. Next is Spermezeu - Lazuri.
3. Spermezeu - Lazuri
Spermezeu is a village in the hilly country of western Bistriţa-Năsăud county, in northern Transylvania, where low ridges covered with orchards, hayfields and beech woods roll between the Someş valley and the Ţibleş mountains. The site called Spermezeu - Lazuri belongs to the series of places along the northern edge of the Roman province of Dacia, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listed in Romania in 2024. Here the Romans watched the border with watchtowers and small fortifications on hilltops, and though little remains above ground, the commanding views explain why these spots were chosen.
Read the complete Spermezeu - Lazuri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 156 km into the recorded legs you reach Spermezeu - Lazuri. Next is back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore.
4. back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negreni - Poiana la Arbore write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore, late in the day. Next is Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei.
5. 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
Back at Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei to Negreni - Poiana la Arbore
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei → Negreni - Poiana la Arbore is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore to Spermezeu - Lazuri
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore → Spermezeu - Lazuri is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Spermezeu - Lazuri to back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore
Spermezeu - Lazuri → back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore to Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei
back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore → Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.