INDONESIA WINS GUNUNG WALAT CHAMPIONSHIPS INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE

Indonesian National Team won the international championship mountain bike in 2010 at Hutan Pendidikan Gunung Walat (HPGW) Faculty of Forestry IPB, Bogor, Cibadak , Sukabumi, West Java.



Indonesian national team won First place in the name of Dadi Nurcahyadi with record time 2:05:21, won the second by Chandra with a record time of 2:05:40 Rafsanzani, and III champion in the name of Bandi Sugito with a record time of 2:09:22. 

While athletes from Thailand, Tawatchai Masae, gold medalist at the last SEA Games in Laos, because it failed to gain victory in the fourth position with a record time of 2:24:59 and his teammate, Peerapol Chaw ranked seventh.

With track conditions and steep wet ground to make trouble for Thai team approached the Indonesian national team, even they look exhausted their articles should be around the track with 7.2-kilometer distance four times.
In wet soil stuck to the track sometimes they ride a bicycle tire, making it difficult for mountain bike athletes to the Elite Men's class to pedal his bike with racing. There are several national team from Thailand that had fallen when the derivative because of his bicycle tire is filled with wet soil.
Meanwhile, Masters champion for the C (40 years and over) is held by Tony Wijaya (Kamurang Bike), in second place by Deden DOP (TRB Scott Folker) and third positions by Tusli Supriadi (ISSI Ciamis). Masters champions (B 35-39 years) is held by Sugiyanto Gino (Tp Gun Wym Cycle team), in the second position by the CIU Raspati (Santosa Rays MTB) and the third position is held by Muhibin (Lite Speed).
In addition, Master A champion (30-34 years) held by Asep Firmansyah Faith (SBC Sukabumi), positioned both by Kartiko (Megar Team) and third positions by Hendari (Origin Bike JBC). Champion Junior Men (17-18) held by Andri Nugraha (Graha Bikres Club-Arrow, Balaraja), the second position is held by Yance Octavian (Bangka Belitung), and third positions by Wirawan Abdul Reza (BBC, Bandung).
While the Women's Open champion held by Kusmawati Yazid (Polygon MTB), the second position by Wilhemina (CCC Hatten Wines, Bali), and third positions by Diana Intan Purnama Sari (United Kencana, Bandung) Responsible Sumarto Suharno event, said as many as 139 mountain bike athletes across the "track" a fairly tense at a distance of approximately 7.2 kilometers.

Almost every class, the athletes should be around the "track" as much as one round, except on "Women Open" and "Junior Men" as much as two rounds, while the "Elite Men" as many as four rounds.

'Distance' track 'was already meet international standards. Moreover,' tracks' at Mount Walat is quite challenging because many derivatives which are steep, "he said as he says in" track "that there are 14 bridges and eight derivatives.
According to him, the athletes will fight over the trophy from the Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) and cash amounting to Rp50 million.



Photo by Petrus Suryadi

Ecofest Indonesia 2010 Funbike - Sentul 19-20 June 2010

First of all let us introduce ourselves and our event, we intend from DMACommunication  Ecofest entered Indonesia in 2010 on December 19 to 20 June 2010 in order to alert the world environment day and earth day. Ecofest is an effort to invite the whole community of families, students, government, NGOs and businesses to start activities that make a positive impact to the environment.

In a series of activities Ecofest, we intend to invite the community to participate in the Eco Tour bike Bicycles Healthy (fun bike) around the area and Sentul City Bicycle Inter-Community Competition

After abuzz with thousands of other bikes participants to follow a healthy eco bike tour, the show followed by bike competition between communities

Each community is expected to submit 4 (four) people to follow the best representatives bike competition between communities in eco-sprint format Estafest.

Winners of the competition between communities bicycles will compete KEMENPORA rotating trophy in 2010. 






Here is information on the cost of membership options healthy eco bike tour:
- Rp 35,000 per participant (T-shirts, Pocari Sweat, bag ecofest) + donation trees
- Rp 25 000 per participant (T-shirts, Pocari Sweat, bag ecofest) without the donation of trees

For more information, please call or email www.ecofest.dmacindonesia.com ecofest@dmacindonesia.com or Ryu (021-91896026) or Eddie (021-96861818) or Heni, (91311109)

Thank you for your cooperation and your attention.

Sincerely,
 
Mursyidah Machmud
Ecofest Project Manager 

Bike To Work, Green Lifestyle

Toto Sugito probably would not have thought a simple idea with friends from the mountain bike enthusiast JPG (Gas Pipeline), will inspire more people to cycle to the office or better known bike to work.

Starting from a concern over the level of pollution in Jakarta is alarming. Imagine, in 2005 Jakarta ranks 3rd as the capital of the world's most pollutants. Om Toto-so ordinary he was called-concerned about the state of Jakarta and is determined to reduce pollution in Indonesia by bike. Everyday he used his bicycle from his home to work in Kuningan. He also mobilize the friends who share similar interests and forming a community of Bike To Work (B2W). Increasingly, these communities more attractive and even encouraged by the government of DKI Jakarta.

Dated August 27, 2005, held at City Hall, Bike To Work declared. Attended by Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo and 700 cyclists from around Greater Jakarta. Today it is considered as the birthday of Bike To Work.

Since then the movement of Bike To Work increasingly stretched. Members increased from hundreds, thousands to tens of thousands who came from Aceh to Papua. Cycling fever spread throughout the country though. Bicycles became a trend and lifestyle. Bike shops sell. Various types of bicycles ranging from mountain bikes, folding bikes onthel until now mostly found along the street. Even a bicycle bicycle manufacturers dare release a special edition bike to work and hundreds of people willing to indent to get a bike of this type of folding. Effects caused by this movement is remarkable.

Furthermore - this is the last year - Bike To Work in cooperation with the Jakarta government held a Car Free Day aka Day Free Motorized Vehicle (HKBP) on Jalan Sudirman - Thamrin. Time for each day of the week in the last week of every month. In this way the hours 06:00 to 10:00 should not be crossed by motor vehicles. Only bicycles and people walking (jogging) that can pass through. Also in this region used the children to sports such as futsal and badminton.

Car Free Day in Bunderan HI

Latter also applies to other areas of Jakarta. Other cities which hold Car Free Day is the city of Bogor. Even in this rainy city is held every Sunday on the main road.

For the year 2010, Bike To Work with the Jakarta government plans to create bike paths in some main streets of the capital. Similarly Bekasi City Government will make the bike path along the river Kalimalang. There was a suggestion that at every stop Busway bicycle parking is provided which serves as a transit point. There are also proposals from the Bike To Work Chapter Bogor to train specifically created for cyclists.

Now, the bicycle has become an environmentally friendly lifestyle. Every stroke bike to be so mean to reduce pollution. Every drop of sweat to be a substitute fuel is running low.
Hopefully what initiated by Om Toto will inspire everyone to do something to its environment.