The old cart road from Sibiel to Crinţ used to be invaded by sand or tall grass – that’s how we discovered it four-five years ago, when we started cycling in the Mărginimea Sibiului area. Things look different this year, though. The old road was upgraded to a wider, more accesible dirt road. Most proably because of the forestry works being done in the area, as Crinţ looks as deserted as ever. The military station looks abandondend ages ago, the big farm/pension flanking the road for a few good hundreds of meters seems to accommodate nothing more than a handful of dogs, cows and horses. They must enjoy life up there, with state of the art solar panel system, brand new tennis court and a two stores wooden building that, despite looking brand new, seems as populated as the military shacks in the vicinity.
In the end there were almost 80 kilometers with about 2500 dis level, good training for a mtb marathon. For me also, as I decided to participate in the Mediaş Medieval Marathon on the 11th of June this year. Who knows, maybe in the future we’ll go to a mountainbiking marathon in Mărginimea Sibiului. The trails are very suitable for such a competition, far away from the crowded roads, with plenty of accommodation in the area. We would be riding on home soil :-).
Here is a short video filmed during this tour:
