Road Bike Recommended Gowes At Velodrome, Sport Bike Association: High Cost Biaya

Photo of road bike about to enter JLNT: Diah/VOI

JAKARTA - The policy for road bike users to enter the Nontol Flyover (JLNT) and Jalan Sudirman-Thamrin is opposed by a number of parties. Users of this sport bike are advised to use the track at Velodrome Stadium, East Jakarta.

Responding to this, the administrator of the DKI Jakarta Indonesian Sports Bike Association (ISSI), Mufidi admitted that there are problems if they use the Velodrome as a road bike track, namely the high cost of maintenance and use.

"With the Velodrome, it requires high costs for maintenance and use of the location there. Even if we want to go there (the velodrome) we have to minimize it first," said Mufidi to reporters, Sunday, June 13.

Moreover, Mufidi admitted that the velodrome track specifically does not support the speed of road bikes. Then, he worried about the crowd there.

"If we look at the velodrome, the specifications of the bicycle are different from the road bike. And it is more of a track bike. Also, if we localize it to the velodrome, it will cause a high crowd," he said.

Previously, a transportation observer from the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI), Djoko Setijowarno, also considered the red carpet for road bikes on weekday mornings to be unnecessary.

Moreover, according to him, the DKI Provincial Government has facilitated the bicycle race track on the Kampung Melayu-Tanah Abang Nontol Flyover on Saturday-Sunday at 05.00-08.00 WIB.

"It should not be done, because there is also a special bicycle lane. It is enough on holidays and weekends, namely Saturday and Sunday (at JLNT Kampung Melayu)," said Djoko.

According to Djoko, the safety and comfort of other road users must also be considered. Moreover, said Djoko, the Velodrome Rawamangun stadium also has bicycle lanes that can be used freely.