kacamata sepedaan

Uhuy! Ga ngira bisa dapet kacamata buat sepedaan yang bagus di sini. Rencananya mo cari di Medan. Nyobain Oakley Flawles 4.0-nya Jihan enak, jadi pingin beli itu. Tadi pagi jalan ke toko Serikat rencananya mo liat ban Maxxis. Bannya mah ga dapet hehe. Ga punya ban 20" yang lebih kecil dari 1.75 dia. Malah dapet kacamataaaa... Jreng jreng!!!

Kacamata gue ini XZOne Archer S011B. Frame putih. Dapet 3 pasang lensa warna hitam, abu-abu dan oranye. Ada frame lepasan untuk lensa minus/plus/silindris. Buat gue yang pesek ini frame lepasannya nempel banget ke bulu mata kiri. Yang kanan ngga. Gue sempet ragu mo beli karena lensanya melengkung. Frame gue yang terakhir melengkung juga, pusing banget makenya sampe dilurusin paksa di optik. Gue pikir, kalo pusing ya udah ga usah dipake yang minusnya. Yang penting kan pas sepedaan mata gue ketutupan, aman dari bahaya kelilipan dan kereeennn, pastinya ;)

Selain kacamata, gue dapet tas kecil yang bisa dijadiin ransel, tas pinggang dan diselempangin. Keren yah! Pas banget buat sepedaan secara gerah pake backpack full size (punggung ketutup semua).

Ada lagi yang bikin gue seneng. Dari toko sepeda kita langsung ke Optik Internasional di Simpang Lima. Katanya itu optik paling bagus di Banda dan bisa bikin lensa yang selesai dalam 1 jam. Mata gue diperiksa dulu minusnya berapa. Ternyata udah turun lagiiii... Cuma -0.75 sekarang. Woohooooo... Tiga bulan yang lalu sebelum ke sini gue ganti lensa. Kanan-kiri -1, turun -0.25. Total 2 tahun ini minus gue turun 0.75, dari -1.5 ke -0.75. Senangnyaaa... Lucu ya, gue jarang banget pake kacamata, minusnya malah berkurang :D

Salam,
Hani on Roo

anonymous miscellanous dan ous-ous lainnya

- Akhirnyaaaa dapet panniers jugaaaaa... (joget_pisang_nonstop) makasiiiih, milis B2W!!
*lagi nunggu barang dikirim*
- Weekend ini ke Serikat ah. Liat-liat sepeda berkeranjang *siul-siul* Cobain sekalian hihihi..
- Sekalian tanya ban Maxxis (Larsen TT) di RL Medan. Kayaknya jagoan buat di jalan licin. Sukur-sukur ada yg tipis.
- Mampir ke PP Simp. Lima juga, beli cleanser Biokos.
- Ke Medan harus pake sepatu kets. Biar bisa benerin solnya hehehe. ---> tadi udah dilem pake Alteco. Semoga manjur.
- Beli bladder ga ya? Tasnya udah pesen ke B2W beli di Serikat. Kayaknya bladder 2 liter sih masuk.
- Di Medan beli sports bra, kaos oblong dan celpen untuk main sepeda.
- Cari sarung tangan yg empuk, kayak yg Jerman.
- RL Medan: fender SKS (Vito), cyclo wireless (Roo dan Vito) ---> WAJIB. Yang ga terlalu wajib: tas El Bolso Dahon.
- Ace Hardware: reflektor/LED straps, vest nyala (orange ato kuning), plastic wrap tebel.

aneh ato seimbang?

Ga nyadar, ternyata gue suka barang kecil dibanding gede. Yang keliatan jelas pilihan sepatu cewek. Gue suka sepatu/sandal yg talinya kecil, lebar kira-kira 3 mm.
Makan juga gitu, sukanya pake piring/mangkuk yang ukurannya lebih kecil daripada piring/mangkuk pada umumnya. Porsi mah tetep gede dong ah, rakyatnya banyak :))
Satu lagi: gue suka banget sepeda balap karena bannya tipis. Sekarang lagi pingin ganti bannya Roo pake ban yang lebih kecil. Di milis diiming-imingi DirTek Bebek bisa lebih ngglosor kalo ganti ban tipisan di bawah 1.5. Kalo Roo bisa menggelinding lebih kenceng (dan lebih enteng) kan ga usah beli sepeda lagi hehehehe... Tinggal cari keranjang (teuteup), panniers ato handlebar bag.

Oh ya satu lagi, suami gue juga kecil, hehehehehe... Small man with BIG HEART :) :*

Salam,
Hani on Roo

muka jelek muka cakep

Tampang Roo dekil dan baretnya nambah pulang dari Iboih. Di ferry mesti ditaro di bagasi soalnya, ga boleh masuk cabin. Di mobil juga ditindihin tas-tas gede waktu balik ke Banda. It's ok, Roo, berarti pengalamanmu bertambah. Tambah pengalaman tambah rejeki, hwehehehehe...

Salam,
Hani on Roo

Kilometer Nol Indonesia

Akhirnya setelah perjuangan panjang yg menghabiskan banyak air minum, kami sampai di titik Kilometer Nol Indonesia, di Iboih, pulau Weh, NAD. Jarak dari pantai Iboih (tempat kami menginap) ke Km 0 adalah 8 km. Jalannya rusak dengan tanjakan aduhai dan turunan jahanam yg sambung-menyambung menjadi satu. Kami berdua cuma kuat gowes sampe Km 4. Setelah itu sepeda diangkut dengan mobil sampai tujuan. Bener-bener welcome to the jungle!
Dan ternyata mesti berjuang lagi untuk sampe ke tugu yg ada di foto. Masih harus naik sekitar 20 anak tangga keramik yg licin dan banyak daun sisa hujan tadi pagi.
Waktu kami turun dari tugu, ada 4 laki-laki yang berusaha ngangkat motornya ke atas, hahaha... Mereka bilang motor itu akan jadi motor pertama yg naik ke tugu Km 0, seperti seli kami berdua :) Yeeeaaaah.. hidup Roo dan Vito!!

Salam,
Hani on Roo

muka gue

Abis gowes ke Kilometer Nol. Jalanannya najiiiiisssss... Tanjakannya najis, turunannya kampret, bolong-bolong, kerikilan, pasir lunak,bweh. Itungannya udah XC deh tadi itu. Masih ada 4 km lagi menuju Km 0. Tapi ketemu tentara dan dikasi tau jalanan ke sana lebih ancur lagi. Bah! Mending balik, mandi, terus pake mobil ke sana.

Kepala gue sakit gara-gara jalan masuk menuju Iboih yang turunan panjang, aspal bolong-bolong. Bener-bener anjisssss!
Baru berangkat aja udah TTB (TunTun Bike). Kulang ajal emang jalanan sini!

Salam,
Hani on Roo

the dawn of non fossil-fueled vehicles

I watched the news yesterday. Watching how automobile industries in the US and Germany are collapsing. Many people will lose their jobs. Many will have to pay more for new cars, as you know: prices will hike once supplies is cut. And still have to pay for gas, registrations and taxes. Not to mention parkings, parking tickets, monthly maintenance, etc.

I also watched the id-foldingbike mailing list and multiply. There's news about om Toto Sugito, chairman of B2W Indonesia, who was awarded Indonesia Berprestasi Award 2008. Though I'm just a Bike to Warung-er, not Work-er, I'm proud of this achievement. At least we're recognized a bit more. Hopefully this will inspire more worker to commute using bicycles and public transportations, leave their cars and motorbikes at home or train stations.

How do these 2 news appeal to me? In one hand, the car industries are dawning. Fossil fuels are diminishing as well. On the other hand, bicycle communities are getting more attention from the public (and government, hopefully). Like they say, one man's loss is another man's gain. People will start looking for alternative transportation if they can't afford their cars anymore. You can walk (it's healthy, people!), biking or using public transport. No, motorbikes are not an option. It also uses gas. Yes, public buses also use gas but you pay much lesser than driving your own car/motorcycles.

We still have to wait for this to occur. But now I can already see a streak of light on the horizon of less polluted air.

Salam,
Hani on Roo

macaroni schotel on rice cooker

Yah, beginilah acara masak-memasak di 'rumah' gue tiap hari. Pake rice cooker saja, yang kecil pula. Maklumlah, namanya juga expat :))
Ceritanya lagi bikin macaroni schotel buat dibawa ke acara dinner di rumah temen MZ. Untung yg dateng bule semua jadi bawa yg bikinnya gampang aja. Cemplung, cemplung, jadi. Diseling ngaduk-ngaduk yang lumayan bikin capek hehe.

Salam,
Hani on Roo

outgoing mail

Testtttttt

Salam,
Hani on Roo

European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing of the Wheels

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

Published: November 9, 2008

BARCELONA, Spain — In increasingly green-conscious Europe, there are said to be only two kinds of mayors: those who have a bicycle-sharing program and those who want one.

Over the last several years, the programs have sprung up and taken off in dozens of cities, on a scale no one had thought possible and in places where bicycling had never been popular.

The sharing plans include not just Paris’s Vélib’, with its 20,000 bicycles, but also wildly popular programs with thousands of bicycles in major cities like Barcelona and Lyon, France. There are also programs in Pamplona, Spain; Rennes, France; and Düsseldorf, Germany. Even Rome, whose narrow, cobbled streets and chaotic traffic would seem unsuited to pedaling, recently started a small trial program, Roma’n’Bike, which it plans to expand soon.

For mayors looking to ease congestion and prove their environmental bona fides, bike-sharing has provided a simple solution: for the price of a bus, they invest in a fleet of bicycles, avoiding years of construction and approvals required for a subway. For riders, joining means cut-rate transportation and a chance to contribute to the planet’s well-being.

The new systems are successful in part because they blanket cities with huge numbers of available bikes, but the real linchpin is technology. Aided by electronic cards and computerized bike stands, riders can pick up and drop off bicycles in seconds at hundreds of locations, their payments deducted from bank accounts.

“As some cities have done it, others are realizing they can do it, too,” said Paul DeMaio, founder of MetroBike, a bicycle transportation consulting company based in Washington, D.C., that tracks programs worldwide. “There is an incredible trajectory.”

The huge new European bicycle-sharing networks function less as recreation and more as low-cost alternate public transportation. Most programs (though not Paris’s) exclude tourists and day-trippers.

Here in Barcelona, streets during rush hour are lined with commuters and errand-goers on the bright red bicycles of Bicing, the city’s program, which began 18 months ago. Bicing offers 6,000 bicycles from 375 stands, which are scattered every few blocks; the bikes seem to be in constant motion.

“I use it every day to commute; everyone uses it,” said Andre Borao, 44, an entrepreneur in a gray suit with an orange tie, as he prepared to ride home for lunch. “It’s convenient, and I like the perspective of moving through the streets.”

The expanding program in Barcelona is typical of so-called third-generation programs, which rely heavily on technology. (In its first generation, bike-sharing involved scattering old bikes around the streets, where they could be used for free; second-generation programs accepted coins.)

Here, a customer buys a yearly membership for about $30 and is issued a smart card that allows the rider to remove a bike from a mechanized dock. The first 30 minutes are free, with a charge of 30 cents per half-hour after that. A bike must be returned to any bike rack in the network within two hours or the card may be deactivated.

Most programs in Germany and Austria work on a different system; members receive cellphone text messages providing codes to unlock the bikes.

Copenhagen and Amsterdam have had devoted bicycling commuters for many years. But the new programs have created the greatest transportation revolution in central and southern Europe, where warmer climates allow riders to ride comfortably year-round. The shared bicycles in Barcelona, Lyon and Paris are heavily used, logging about 10 rides a day, according to officials in these cities.

In North America, issues like insurance liability, a stronger car culture, longer commutes and a preference for wearing helmets have slowed adoption of bicycle-sharing programs. None of the European programs require helmets. Still, Washington and Montreal are experimenting with small projects, and Chicago, Boston and New York are studying options.

Perhaps the best indication that bicycle-sharing has arrived is this: Shanghai, which 10 years ago was trying to eliminate bicycles from some of its boulevards to make way for cars, opened a pilot bike-sharing stand last month.

In most European cities, advertisers have been given contracts to set up and maintain bicycle-sharing programs in exchange for the rights to sell advertisements on city-owned structures like bus stations.

“We provide a turnkey program,” said Martina Schmidt, bike-sharing director of Clear Channel Outdoors, which now runs programs in 13 European cities and recently started its first American program, the one in Washington. “We give the city what they’re looking for, and they give us space to sell.”

Here in Barcelona, the Bicing program has had its glitches, reflecting, in part, its unexpected popularity.
On Barcelona’s outskirts, users complain that the program’s racks, each with up to 36 bikes, can run out toward the end of the morning rush hour, leaving customers temporarily stranded. Likewise, docking sites downtown are sometimes full, so riders have to search for parking.

Car owners complain about the removal of parking spots to accommodate new bike lanes; the city has about 80 miles of lanes, after rapidly expanding the lanes in the past two years.
Barcelona’s downtown business district is in a geographic bowl, compared with most residential neighborhoods, so while many people want to ride downtown to work, fewer want to ride bikes home. Directed by controllers at a command station, Bicing’s 100 employees use trucks to rebalance the system, taking bikes to where they are needed.

City officials seem a bit overwhelmed.
“For the moment, it will not grow anymore,” said Ramón Ferreiro, an official with Bicing. “We now have to consolidate and start working so that maintenance is adequate, and improve the system at all levels.”

Even with the growing pains, José Monllor, a graduate student, says he now rides to class instead of driving his car. “It stays in the parking lot,” he said of his car. “It’s stupid to drive.”

The impact of bike-sharing on traffic or emissions is difficult to quantify because converts include people like Mr. Monllor, who would have driven, as well as those who would have taken public transportation.

Officials in Lyon, one of the first cities to institute a large technology-driven bike program, estimate that bike-sharing has eliminated tons of pollutants since its inception in 2005. But more than that, they say, it has changed the face of the city.

“The critical mass of bikes on the road has pacified traffic,” said Gilles Vesco, vice mayor in charge of the program in Lyon. “Now, the street belongs to everybody and needs to be better shared. It has become a more convivial public space.”

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this is one of the reasons we're moving to Europe... woohoo!!!
original article is here

rambut baruhuhuhu

Barusan foto-foto di KFC deket sini. Lumayan bagus fotonya hehe. Hidup narsis!

salam,
Hani on Roo

ada Glide, Briza dan Ciao *bingung*

 

Tiga sepeda ini bergaya sepeda mini. Kita sebut aja sepeda mini lipat ya. Bukan sepeda lipat mini karena bannya gede-gede, 20" (Ciao, paling kanan) dan 24" (Glide, paling kiri; dan Briza, tengah). 

Beda kelas sih: Glide P3/P8, Briza D3/D7, Ciao P3/P7/P8. Harga Briza kira-kira sama ama Roo dan Vitesse, harga Glide dan Ciao sama dengan harga Cadenza, kurang-lebih.

Pilihan warna sih paling banyak Briza, 8 warna. Tapi yang masuk sini paling banyak 3 warna deh. Kalo dicat, lifetime warranty-nya angus :(
Gue naksir berat Glide P8 caramel. Lutu bangeeettt... Kalo ngga ada Glide, Briza juga boleh deh, ada warna putih dan merah. Sepeda gue waktu SD warna putih, pake keranjang depan dan lampu dinamo. Masih kebayang sampe sekarang tu sepeda :">

gokil

Gowes Kentucky Lore-lore halah :))
Kami berdua menggowes ke KFC Keutapang, 2 km dari sini. Berangkat jam 17:38, sampe sana jam... mmm.. didn't really notice the time hehe. Akyu sudah kuat menggowes 3 km tanpa istirahat loh, ehek ehek.

Seperti biasa, origami menjadi penarik perhatian masyarakat. Mana handlepost gue copot karena kepanjangan hehe. MZ udah mulai pesen waktu gue masuk. Makan salad ah biar ga fast food-fast food amat. Eh, MZ dikira Thai! Hyahahahaha...

Feto-feto dong, harus. Pengennya mah bisa nangkep tulisan 'KFC' di dinding kacanya. Susah euy, pake hengpong soalnya. Ceritanya kita ngerayain kemenangan Obama tadi pagi, di kampung Republik hahahahaha... Hodob emang. Biarlah, yang penting hepi.

salam,
Hani on Roo

C319 : Ketika Bekerja....

Bila bos tidak ada：               Kalo dipanggil sama bos ： Bila meeting：     Kalo Training：Denger bos cuti： Mulai sore： Beberapa detik sebelum 'teng' go：                Denger ada libur：　Ketahuan buat salah：　         berasa target tidak bisa dicapai： Target tak tercapai： tambah lembur 2 jam：         lembur 1 malam： pas mau pulang diminta lembur： Target tercapai：         Target direvisi：   Habis training：         tau-tau di mutasi：   Anak buah cuek sama target……     Pas tau tahun ini tidak ada bonus：

gowes sore-sore

Gowes sore tanpa tujuan sebenernya, yang penting gowes ajah hehe. Sekalian nyoba sepatu kets gue yang nyampe tadi pagi :D 

Pertamanya mo ke Mata'ie. Di simpang ke-2 berubah pikiran mo ke Keutapang. Tapi mulai gelap, gue ga pake kacamata. Sampe di jembatan kita puter balik. Kayaknya justru jalan ini yang menuju ke Mata'ie deh :D

Kondisinya udah lebih gelap dibanding gotul (gowes tulang). Perlu beli lampu belakang yang lebih terang nih. Tail light kita cuma 0,3 cd (candle power). Bandingin sama lampu lain yang sampe 100 cd :(
Terus pengen beli lampu sen juga, kayak yang dipake om Yohanes idfb. Beli di mana ya?

Btw ABC itu lucu. Judulnya community alias komunitas tapi bikin acara sendiri-sendiri ga ada pengumumannya di milis. Tau-tau besoknya pada cerita kemaren abis jalan ke situ, ke sini, bikin bike clinic lah. Bweh. Boro-boro live report kayak idfb. Di idfb ada gowes cantik goes to Singapore ga bilang-bilang aja pada sebel. Lah di sini bikin bike clinic diem-diem aja. Rese. Newbie kayak gue kan haus ilmuuuu... Saaaaahhh... =))

Dah ah mo mandi.

salam,
Hani on Roo

Dahon Glide P8

24" wheel, 8 speed, P series, leather handgrip 

keranjangnya ga nahaannn... 

jadi mikir, masi pengen punya MTB ga ya? hihihihi... when it comes to style, i can be VERY girly :D

pantes juga ya gue naek emtebeh

Ini sepedanya Dona IOM. Kirain MTB tuh berat, ternyata enteng. Gowesnya puas, sekali kayuh dapet banyak. Beli Dahon 26" aja yuuukkkk... Handlebar MTB ga bisa dinaik-turunin soalnya hehe. Manja :P
Motto gue pan, kalo bisa dibikin gampang/enak/murah, kenapa ngga? Hihihihi...

salam,
Hani on Roo

kidal-friendly bicycle

Because I am left-handed, I have also reversed my brakes, so my left (more powerful) hand controls the rear brake. I have been warned at bike shops that doing so increases the risk of an accident for anyone stealing my bike, but I have not been alarmed by this suggestion.

-- quoted from this page

Menarik nih! Sekarang sih lagi mikir gimana caranya ngedorong ato narik Dahon pake tangan kiri dengan enak. Ga PD gue pake tangan kanan hehe...

Gowes Tulang - 311008

Jumat sore, 31 Oktober, kita berdua makan sup iga di Sup Tulang Kutaraja, Lueng Bata. Berangkatnya naik Avanza dianter Awi, jam 4an sore, matahari lagi lucu-lucunya. Dedahonan duduk di belakang manis-manis. Rencananya emang mo gowes B2H - Bike To Home. Sekalian ngukur jarak sebenernya dari Lueng Bata ke Ajun Jeumpet. Vito ga pake cyclo soalnya.


Bapak yang punya tempat itu udah apal sama kita, karena tiap makan selalu nambah, hehehe.. Kita milih-milih mo makan sup apa, dia ngeliat-liat sepeda kita. Sambil kita makan, beliau dan anaknya 2 orang mulai merapat ke meja kita, ngeliatin. Akhirnya dia tanya, "Sepedanya harga berapa, pak? Tujuh belas juta ya?" Whaattt???
"Ini yang entry level, pak, tiga juta aja. Yang 17 juta juga ada, keren banget," jawab MZ (pasti sambil ngebayangin Tikit).
"Ooooohh..." mukanya lega gitu si bapak. "Saya kira di atas 15 juta. Keren banget soalnya." Sedap banget dah dengernya :D

MZ selesai makan duluan. Gue masih berkutat dengan iga-iga yang masih ada di piring gue dan 4 perkedel kentang. Sebenernya pengen nambah nasi tapi takut ga abis, jadi pake perkedel kentang aja hihihihi...
Mulailah dia ngebuka lipetan Vito. Anaknya yang gede awalnya malu-malu. Begitu dibuka berani juga dia nyobain, padahal sadelnya ketinggian. Muter-muter 2x, terus gantian bapaknya yang nyobain. Adenya yang masih TK sibuk ngeliatin helm gue, karena ada lampunya. Dia tanya gimana cara nyalainnya pake bahasa Aceh :D sok ngerti aja gue, terus gue nyalain. Seneng banget dia ngeliat lampu helm kelip-kelip hihi.





Ada langganan situ juga yang nanya harganya berapa. Kita tawarin untuk coba, dia ga berani. Takut ga kuat karena badannya gede. MZ bilang pernah liat lipetan United di Peunayong. Dia nanya sampe detil harganya berapa, toko mana yang jual, di Jakarta adanya di mana, dll. Kalo nyobainnya di toko sepeda lebih PD kali ya :)

Setelah isi perut gue terasa mulai memadat, kita cabut dari situ sekitar jam 6 kurang 10 menit. Gowes santai ke arah Soekarno-Hatta. Sampe rumah jam 18:29, udah mulai gelap. Jarak Lueng Bata-Ajun Jeumpet ternyata 7 km, bukan 6 km seperti di posting gue sebelumnya :D



Sepanjang perjalanan dipepet berbagai mobil dan motor yang penasaran sepeda apaan sih ini, kok bannya kecil gitu hihihihi... Yang menarik perhatian pastinya lampu belakang MZ dan lampu helm gue yang kelip-kelip. Nervous juga gue waktu dipepet 2 motor yang ngobrol di belakang gue. Ngganggu tauuuuu...
Ada 1 mobil taruna abu-abu yang melambat dan sampe buka kaca segala demi ngeliatin sepeda-sepeda aneh ini. Dan, seperti biasa, dipanggil 'mister' dan 'bule' hahahahahaha...