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Chaps I just rode the Transfaragasan a couple of weeks ago, perhaps the 16th June or something like that. There was still snow at the top, but the roads were clear apart from some gravel wash. At the top the tunnel was closed (gasp, shock, horror, thoughts of having to ride 76km back down the bloody mountain to go around) but actually the tunnel is open for pedestrians...

Which means, on our advanced forms of transport, if we take off the luggage we can squeeze the bike through the door, reload the luggage, drive 200m, unload the luggage, squeeze through another door, reload the luggage, and zoom off down the other side.

It's a pain in the ass but a hell of a lot better than a 76km backtrack.

It must also be said that the road on the Northern side is top notch... but the Southern side is demoralisingly awful. I'm on a ZZR (not known for it's off-road capabilities) which struggled painfully and had to give up for the night at Pension Nadine (recommended as a sweet place, although Nadine's husband is more welcoming than her!).

Hope this helps someone. Supposedly, the tunnel opens late June, but as I've said, it's not an issue.

Gotta agree, was there last year and the North side was like a racetrack, but the South side was just potholes for hours.

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During the nice weather weekends of the summer the trafic is bad ,especially at noon. At the top, you can find a column of stationary cars, a couple of kilometers long, and no parking, but with a bike you can squeeze through.
On the south side the road is not good, but its worth seeing Vidraru dam, with its 156m height.

Hello guys,

I am now in Kiev and planning the rest of my trip back to switzerland.

Would like to ride the transfagarasan, can you give me some advices. I plan to visit a few cities in Transilvania, like Brasov and all the usual suspects..

In which way is it better to do the pass. I suppose, after Kiev, I will go to Lviv. According to my opensourcemaps, cross the border with Romania (Chemivtsi-Suceava) folowwing the DN2 and then the DN11 to Brasov.

So then from Brasov take the DN73 to Campulung, and then the DN7C in the direction of Sibiu.

What do you think about that? Some advices? Is it good in this way or it's better the other way round?

Thanks in advance

David

Hello,
I did the Transfagarasan this way ( from Curtea de Arges to Sibiu) in august very easy road when the weather is good, some traffic but not so much for this period of the year. But the best road is the Transalpina 67 C from Sebes to Rinca , now asphalted all the way ,no traffic and much more scenic. From Rinca I went Back and took the road to Petrosani nice too .
Enjoy

just came back from my balkan trip...the transfagarasan road coming from Cartisoara is well done and in a very good condition!

when you are on the top direction Curtea de Arges the roadconditions are not really good! the road is bad and full of potholes and other stuff....with the bike it was not easy to drive around the pottholes:oops2:

did the TF last week :funmeteryes: