Europe’s Mountain Secret
A land of myth and legend, of beautiful countryside, enchanting villages, and historic castles – Romania is all of this and more. Transylvania cycling and mountain biking takes you in the spectacular Carpathian Mountains, and the more localised mountain peaks of the Bucegi, Faragas and and Cindrel Mountains, filed with amazing hidden tracks and trails and epic peaks with amazing views. Mountain biking in Transylvania is unique and special, with the opportunity to ride on magical ribbons of singletrack, sweeping ridges and a myriad of hidden trails through the endless forests and mountains. Yes for the very best mountain bike routes in Romania and Transylvania, take a look at Pedalnorth – with world-class mountain biking routes from Larisa Chinces and our new consultant editors, Tudor Oprea from TRIADA MTB, and Alex Sabin from OutVenture Sports guiding services.
Over recent years, thanks to friends and riders based in Transylvania, such as Larisa Chinces, Alex and Tudor, we’ve been able to create a selection of the best mountain bike routes in Transylvania and Romania for you to enjoy. We want to continue this into 2025 and beyond, as we work closely with others, such as Tudor Oprea and the great team of people at Triada MTB, and Alex at OutVenture guiding.
Romania and Transylvania is rightly described as ‘Europe’s last great wilderness, so lets explore new off-road adventure’s together, and take to 2-wheels on the best mountain biking trails in Romania – if not in Europe! Let’s join the trail riding revolution in Romania!
Direct Flights to Sibiu
Access to the best mountain bike trails isn’t always easy, we know. It’s never an easy drive, and flights can be difficult to find. Thankfully, you can fly direct to the historic World Heritage Site city of Sibiu from London, Munich and other European cities, and there’s a new airport at Brasov too, close to the 2024 UCI European MTB Championships, held in May. Add to this, the amazing forested mountains that, former Olympic mtb rider Tudor Oprea and the team at Triada are also looking to develop for more great mtb races, and you’ve got a place that’s definitely worth visiting – so, why not take a trip to Transylvania.
The Triada race series is now into its second decade, and this amazing mountain bike event is developing all the time. There’s three main event race weekends planned for 2024; in April, June and September, and as we said above; you can fly in to Sibiu, have a fantastic time in this beautiful city while riding the Trilogy of the Trails events – the Triada series, in Europe’s last great wilderness, the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
Yes, it’s time to take yourself on possibly the best mountain bike vacation you’ll ever have; atrip to transfixing Transylvania for trails that will blow your mind, as you explore real adventure – in beautiful Romania.
Images: TRIADA MTB & Larisa Chinces (former PN editor)
Ride to Adventure
Our map of Transylvania mountain bike and road cycling routes below shows you exactly where the routes are. Simply pan in and click on a bike, and a link will take you to the web page for full details. Alternatively, click the panels as you read through our great selection of mountain bike routes in Transylvania.
Having such a great rider in Larisa on our team, we’re able to give you the very best mountain bike routes in Transylvania. Why not take a trip to this magical place and ride into the wilderness. And, for 2025, we’ll be once more supporting the Triada mountain bike project in Transylvania, led by the inspirational former Olympic MTB XCO rider for Romania, Tudor Oprea. We’ll be promoting their epic events in the Carpathian Mountains and publishing lots more routes, so that you can visit one of the best places in the world for trail riding adventures – Transylvania, with Triada!
And, new for 2025, as well as working closely with the Romania Cycling Federation to promote cycling in this amazing country, we’re going to be working closely with Alex Sabin from OutVenture Sports, a pro mountain bike racer, to offer you some great guided tours in Transylvania! Join us on the seemingly endless technical trails that Romanian off-road mountain biking (and gravel biking) has to offer.
