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  • Snapshots

    Collection of ikCam pictures made during Sur Place.

    Want to share your private foto's of the exhibition? Upload them to our website by adding the event 'Sur Place' with the 'where was this picture taken?'-button. They will automatically show up in...
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  • Fixed gear cycling

    Just another postmodern subculture, courtesy of Generation Y?

    The fixie subculture lacks the political dimension that characterized subversive subcultures of the past. What is it trying to communicate?

  • Spoke Cards

    Alleycats' little momentos

    Spoke cards serve to identify alleycat racers, like numbers on a runner's uniform. Riders stick laminated cards between the spokes of the back wheel. After the finish, the cards are often kept as...

  • Sur Place

    Exhibition on Urban Bike Culture

    Bring your bike for a ride through Mediamatic Bank and discover the rich culture that grew around a simple vehicle: the fixed gear bike. Sportsmen, riders, messengers, collectors, artists and other...

  • 3rd Round photos

    These photos were taken during the 3rd Round: the third meeting about fixed gear bikes. Here you can see proud owners and their bikes posing in front of Ottograph's work.

  • Students mobile design project

    Fix Your iPhone app

    Mediamatic asked HvA students to design a prototype of an iPhone application in the context of the fixed gear exhibition. On this page, you can follow their work in progress. Assignment: "Make an...

  • Fixed on paper

    The web is so flooded with fixed gear reads and pictures that it is hard for a newbie not to get lost. For those looking for efficient and proper enlightenment, we have some good old-fashioned...

  • Hoe was het als fietser?

    Vertel zelf je verhaal!

    De filosofie achter de race-reports is dat degene die het report gemaakt heeft, zelf tekst kan toevoegen. Zo kun je thuis achteraf uitleggen waarom je nou zo moeilijk kijkt op die ene foto of wat er...

  • The Sur Place Exhibition

    An introduction to our Sur Place collection.

    In collaboration with sportsmen, riders, messengers, collectors, artists and other bike lovers we gathered an admirable collection of fixed gear stuff. We hope to pass on their enthusiasm to you. You...

  • Photo Gallery

    Pictures of the Sur Place exhibition, opening party and other events. Here you can also find your own ikCam snapshots and rider portraits. Add your own pictures by uploading them to our network. Use...

  • Tutorial time

    The fixed gear culture is all about do-it-yourself. That is why workshops will form an indispensable part of our exhibition program. Suggestions and requests are always welcome. In the meantime, you...

  • Stalen Ros

    Classic cycling show

    The classic cycling fair Stalen Ros took place last weekend in Neerkant. Read a report on the EHVFXD blog and watch some of Lorenzo Bassani's pictures on Flickr .

  • Sur Place Extra

    Information, pictures, links and more...

    All fixed gear resources on a pile for everyone wanting to increase their knowledge. Do you want to suggest other knowledge and footage? Let us know in a comment or mail mayken [at] mediamatic.net.

  • Sur Place Events

    Workshops, salons, films and parties

    Great bike events all summer long. Become a fan of Sur Place and we'll update you regularly. It's that easy. All you have to do is bring your bike!
  • TV documentary

    Rotterdam Fixed Gear

    An introduction to Rotterdam Fixed Gear by Tenny Tenzer, for RTV Rijnmond.

  • Amsterdam-Roubaix-Paris

    Fixed from Amsterdam to Paris

    From April 9th to April 16th, nineteen fixed gear riders will pedal their way to France to catch up with the cycling classic in Roubaix. In the capital city they will cool down and reload for the...

  • The making of Sur Place

    A short history of Sur Place + the fixed gear bike

    Where and when did the fixed gear bike originate? How did it end up at Mediamatic? How did the exhibition come into existence, and what does Sur Place even mean? Find the answers to all these burning...
  • trick short

    Porcelain Bike Jump

    Bike fish in the water by Robert Bolwijn.
  • documentary short

    Blocter Fixed Gear

    A Blocter portrait of the man behind the RFG blog.

  • Bike manufacturers

    An overview of (fixed) frame builders

    These are the bicycle menders we look up to. We exhibit bikes of all different bike brands. On this page you can find information about specific bicycle menders. For the complete bicycle collection...
  • artistic short

    Fall II

    An Amsterdam bike scene by Bas Jan Ader.

  • Race bike

    ca. 1910 Collection: Bob Casemier
  • TV documentary

    NOS Studio Sport document: Theo Bos

    A Dutch hero survives in the world of Keirin

  • Red Bull Mini Drome

    Miniature track, maximum adrenaline

    How to squeeze a track into an exhibition space without skimping on speed and excitement? The spectacular Red Bull Mini Drome might be a perfect example of how to do it...
  • artistic short

    Touring Holland by Bicycle

    A visual carousel by Paul de Nooijer and Jerry Musser.

created Emina Sendijarevic

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