ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\u201dLa c\u00e2t ai tras cu bicicleta aia, dac\u0103 \u00ee\u0163i d\u0103deam o coas\u0103 \u015fi m\u0103 ajutai aici, nu era mai bine?” Omul \u00ee\u015fi ascu\u0163ea coasa \u00eentr-o ograd\u0103 la marginea satului M\u0103gura, pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 drumul de c\u0103ru\u0163\u0103 ce urc\u0103 din Moeciu de Jos.Era o dup\u0103-amiaz\u0103 cald\u0103, \u00een jurul lui brazde lungi de iarba luceau proasp\u0103t lucrate, \u00een urma mea se \u00een\u015firau vreo 90 de kilometri de biciclit \u015fi peste 3000 de metri diferen\u0163\u0103 de nivel. Moment prielnic pentru discu\u0163ii filozofice. \u201dEra\u201d, r\u0103spund eu cu putere – de unde, nu \u015ftiu, c\u0103 \u00een picioare nu mai aveam de mult. Sau poate de-aia. \u201dDar m\u0103 pricep? Nu prea m\u0103 pricep.\u201d \u201dEee, atunci mai bine a\u015fa!\u201d zice omul vesel \u015fi ne vedem fiecare de treaba lui. A mea tocmai se apropia de sf\u00e2r\u015fit, dup\u0103 ce ajungeam sus \u00een M\u0103gura nu mai aveam dec\u00e2t cobor\u00e2tul spre Z\u0103rne\u015fti pentru a \u00eencheia ziua.<\/p>\n
And a long day it had been, started at 6AM in Brasov, with the hope that the tour would end early in the afternoon, so as to avoid the rain. We finished late, but the rain didn\u2019t come either. We knew the route, since last year, when I went with Mihai and Paul from Brasov to Rasnov in 100 km<\/a>, as practice for the Iron Bike Oradea 2010. Our motivation was pretty much the same this year as well, since Mihai was looking forward to another round of suffering in 2011. So, I took advantage of the situation and decided to take the group on some detours (besides the man with the iron bike, we were also joined by Christi, Mihai from Medias and Andrei). And my detours proved to be all of them quite interesting. Through dewy high grass, and across wide clearings dotted with old oak, down on steep and fun single trails, fit for any \u201cking of the mountain\u201d competitions. The entire tour is in fact very intense, only here and there interrupted by easier parts.<\/p>\n ngg_shortcode_1_placeholderBucla Diham – Poiana Izvoarelor am f\u0103cut-o acum \u00eentr-o variant\u0103 scurtat\u0103. De urcat am urcat tot pe \u201ddirectissima\u201d, un drum \u00een cinci-\u015fase ace de p\u0103r care poate g\u0103zdui oric\u00e2nd o edi\u0163ie de \u201dking of the mountain\u201d, cobor\u00e2rea \u00eens\u0103 am f\u0103cut-o pe c\u0103rarea ce coboar\u0103 spre nord, \u00eenapoi spre cabana Diham (cruce albastr\u0103, punct ro\u015fu). Single trail de toat\u0103 frumuse\u0163ea.<\/p>\n Dac\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 aici traseul a fost foarte intens (urc\u0103rile principale destul de ascu\u0163ite iar restul \u00een bun\u0103 m\u0103sur\u0103 pe c\u0103rare) transferul spre vestul Bucegilor, pe valea Gl\u0103j\u0103riei \u015fi apoi pe drumul forestier ce iese pe sub munte \u00een Sohodol a fost de o monotonie binevenit\u0103. Chiar odihnitoare. Din Poarta Branului am luat din nou taurul de coarne. Urcare pe strada Festung apoi continuare p\u00e2n\u0103 pe Muchia Dobrogenilor, cobor\u00e2re \u00een Moeciu de Jos pe muchia Balaban, una din buc\u0103\u0163ile noastre favorite \u00een zona Branului.<\/p>\n \u00cenainte de urcarea spre M\u0103gura am improvizat ni\u015fte sandvi\u015furi pe sc\u0103rile unei alimentare, la malul drumului na\u0163ional \u00een Moeciu de Jos. Doamne, c\u0103 bine au intrat la ma\u0163. Trec peste \u00eent\u00e2lnirea cu cosa\u015ful relatat\u0103 mai sus \u015fi iat\u0103-ne aproape de finalul prognozat, intr\u00e2nd victorio\u015fi \u00een gar\u0103 la Z\u0103rne\u015fti. Unde constat\u0103m c\u0103 trenul abia a plecat de cinci minute \u015fi c\u0103 urm\u0103torul este h\u0103\u0103t, peste mai mult de o or\u0103. Ce mai conteaz\u0103 26 de kilometri c\u00e2nd ai s\u0103rit deja suta? Asfalt, u\u015for la vale, v\u00e2nt din spate (asta da minune), Christi la trena pe care a \u0163inut-o constant aproape de 35km\/h. L-a impresionat \u015fi pe mecanicul unei locomotive care ne-a salutat din mers. A ajuns \u00een Bra\u015fov cu a\u015fa elan c\u0103 l-a \u0163inut p\u00e2n\u0103 a doua zi, c\u00e2nd a mai urcat o Poian\u0103 pe asfalt cu tot cu Mihai de Media\u015f. Ceilal\u0163i ne-am lins r\u0103nile iar Mihai s-a \u00eencruntat preventiv cu g\u00e2ndul la weekendul urm\u0103tor, la Oradea, la IBO. S\u0103-i fie pedala u\u015foar\u0103.<\/p>\n ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cMust have been tough on that bike, wouldn\u2019t it have been better had I given you a scythe to help me?\u201d The man was sharpening his scythe in a field on the outskirts of the Magura village, near the cart road that goes up from Moeciu de Jos. 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