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  • Image: Willem Velthoven

    Wim van der Kaaij presenteert een nieuw RIH…

    He built it to replace my stolen blue RIH track bike. Columbus MAX with pantographed fork crown. Made to measure 63cm c/t. serial number 110511
  • Sport
  • Urbanism
  • Style
  • bespoke
  • fahrrad
  • pista
  • fixed
  • fiets
  • fixie
  • bike
  • craft
  • Ergonomics
  • Beauty
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  • 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...

  • Custom bikes on show

    At the moment, we are dreaming up a list of beautiful and rare bicycles to put in our exhibition window. You can follow our research here This Spring, Mediamatic will not be the only art institution...

  • Electric Bikes 2012

    Desirable pedalassisted bicycles

    I'm not an expert but I am an amateur of fine bikes. 2012 is the year in which the first fine electric bikes are appearing. Originally, they used to be for the elderly, the disabled and the lazy. Now

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Converting classic strada hub to fixed gear with…

    The elegant, durable and safe way to keep your back wheel when converting a road bike to fixed

    “Who wants to take Erwin’s old bicycle out of the hall before we put with the garbage?” was the message of my neighbor Maria. It turned out to be a really nice Colnago Mexico road racer from the 1980'...

  • 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...

  • ruud lanfer at 24 Hour Race

  • RIH Pursuit

    1989 Collection: Frank van der Sman

  • 24 Hour Race: een terugblik

    1 mei ging de 24 Hour Race van start. Om 17.30 reden 55 fietskoeriers en andere fietsfanaten bij Mediamatic Bank weg. Elf keerden er terug. Ze deden Rotterdam, Breda, Den Bosch en Middelburg aan.

  • speedy dee at 24 Hour Race

  • Tomas Gons at 24 Hour Race

  • Ludo at 24 Hour Race

  • pierski akbar at 24 Hour Race

  • 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?

  • Race bike

    ca. 1910 Collection: Bob Casemier
  • Persbericht 22 augustus 2007

    Eerste FabLab van Nederland

    Mediamatic maakt tijdens EL HEMA FabLab publiek toegankelijk

    Amsterdam 22 augustus 2007 — Het eerste, publiek toegankelijke, FabLab van Nederland opent zaterdag 25 augustus bij Mediamatic. Het FabLab is een openbare werkplaats waar gewone mensen met digitaal...

  • Messenger bike

    1996 Collection: Paul Keller

  • Checkpoint Rotterdam at 24 Hour Race

  • Bontekoe track bike

    1955 Collection: Peter Ravensbergen

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Jeroen Blom at 24 Hour Race

  • Chirico track bike

    Collection: Brick Lane Bikes, London

created Willem Velthoven

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