Motorcycling around Sibiu

For the softer tourists Sibiu has an International Theater Festival but for those who like a bit of action the Red Bull Romaniacs motorcycle rally is a must. It's considered one of the toughest races in the world and it has quite a reputation in the circles of enduro fans. Besides that we constantly have groups of moto enthusiasts who pay good money to ride their bikes on our steep hills and mountains. 

Romaniacs: prologue in the city

You can do this wandering on your own, self-managed, or in a more organized manner, with support helicopter and medical personnel. If you're doing it on your own you may want to know a few facts, I'm not a rider but they will still come handy:

• ask the experts, you can easily find somebody with great knowledge in our city, there are a few bike groups that know their business, I've heard countless stories of broken bones;
• don't take shortcuts through farmers' crops. You may find an angry peasant that has seen one too many bikers crossing his land and the scythe is still a popular tool around here;
• on the other hand if you're friendly and polite a farmer will help you when in need. If you get lost in the mountains you can find shelter in the cottage of a shepherd, they don't see many people and will like the company. You can get something to eat and a stinky sheepskin to cover. Also, don't have too much tuica with the sheperd, Brokeback Mountain might not be inspired from real facts but it isn't purely fictional either. If you're a woman you better sleep in the woods with the wolfs - kidding;
• if you see a sheperd's dog and you're on the motorbike: accelerate, they are dangerous. If you're on foot: stand still, pray and yell for the sheperd - you might want to do them simultaneously. Don't try to pet or scare the dog, it's used to fighting bears, you're no match. If you're wondering: it doesn't have a brandy barrel around his neck, more likely spikes;
• bears are quite friendly if you don't disturb the cubs, just give them some food and they will stay for a photoshooting, or so I've heard from the ones that survived the encounter;
• werewolf, Dracula - just myths, you have bigger things to be scared of, but let's not take all the fun out of it and divulge everything, shall we?
• last but not least: read some proper material, this was supposed to be funny.

Romanics: let's not forget about why you became a
biker, we also have cheap beer