Four riders. 1,500 kilometers. STRAY.

Bentang Jawa is 1,500 kilometers across Java — heat, climb, rain, and the long quiet between feed stops. It does not care what you rode last season. It asks what you will carry when the music stops and the only playlist left is the road.

This year, four riders roll out under STRAY — Caps #49, #70, #195, and #80 — each with a different reason to cross the island. Their stories began as Instagram slides. Here they become a journal: rider first, kit second, distance always in the frame.

It’s a different kind of race when the finish line isn’t the end of the route, but the exact place the rest of your life begins.

Cap #49 · Erlangga “EB” Budiman

The Soundtrack

You can’t pack a turntable for Bentang Jawa. The music corner stays behind — vinyl, speakers, the room where EB usually finds his rhythm. Out here, the mix is different: tire hum, chain song, breath that counts itself without asking.

He is trading the needle drop for the elevation drop. No tracks to lean on. No quiet booth to retreat into. Only the cadence he builds himself, kilometer after kilometer, until the island starts to feel like a long, unbroken verse.

It’s a different kind of playlist when the only thing moving you is the legacy you’re carving into the tarmac. Watch what happens when the music stops — and the road keeps time instead.

Kit · Sirdandy Short Sleeve — soft contrast, race-ready cut. The kind of jersey that still reads as a signature when the soundtrack is gone and only heat, climb, and kit remain.

Cap #70 · I Gede “Dede” Hardana

The Weight We Leave Behind

Most people romanticize the suffering — the poetry of endurance, the neat arc from pain to payoff. For Dede, Bentang Jawa is simpler and harder: finding the quiet that grief won’t give him at home.

He is taking on 1,500 kilometers to outpace a heartbreak. Grief, rain, and silence ride in the pockets first. Then, mile by mile, they get left on the road behind him — not erased, just no longer carried at full weight.

It’s a different kind of survival when the only thing the route demands is the next honest push. Watch what happens when that’s all he needs.

Kit · Terra Short Sleeve — built for long days and dusty light. A quiet silhouette for a rider chasing quiet: pocket space for what he still needs, breathability for what he chooses to leave behind.

Cap #195 · Listianto “Kiting” Setiawan

The Promise

Most riders survive long races by carrying exactly what they need — nothing more. Kiting is hauling something heavier: a promise that doesn’t fit in a jersey pocket.

He is crossing Bentang Jawa for a future he has already named out loud. Shared tenacity isn’t a slogan on the chest alone. It’s the reason he keeps clipping back in when the route gets honest — when the climb doesn’t care about the story, only whether he is still turning the pedals.

It’s a different kind of race when the finish line isn’t the end of the route, but the exact place the rest of a life begins. Watch what happens when he steps off the bike.

Kit · Adore Short Sleeve — built for tenacity you can wear when the promise is heavier than the bike.

Cap #80 · Gabrielle “Gabby” Jimenez

Returning Different

Last year was about finding her range — whether Bentang Jawa could be done at all. This year is about setting her own pace.

Gabby is back for BJ solo. Her call, her line, her rhythm. No one to match. No one to wait for. Every decision, every regret, every meal on the road is hers — and so is every kilometer of it.

It’s a different kind of race when the only rider you’re chasing is who you needed to be last year. Watch what happens when she rides it her way.

Kit · Chroma Short Sleeve — color as signal, not distraction. Built for riders who set their own pace from dawn start to late finish.

Four caps. One island. The same STRAY question at every dawn start: what are you willing to carry — and what will you leave on the road?

Follow the riders through Bentang Jawa 2026, then shop the kit that rolls with them. See you on the tarmac.