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  • The secrets of the fixed gear bike

    Interview with Mike Giant

    American tattoo and graffiti artist Mike Giant explains what makes riding a fixed gear bike so special.
  • Urbanism
  • Underground
  • sur place
  • fixed gear
  • velo
  • fiets
  • bike
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  • Fine Art

  • 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...

  • Pristine expo

    More Fixed Art by Mike Giant and Saskia Haex

    Pristine Fixed Gear hosts a nice arty extension to Sur Place. Head over there for some more work by the great Mike Giant, and for wheels on canvas by the equally great Saskia Haex. You can have a...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Pedal to the metal

    Mastering skid stops and track stands.

    Saturday June 19th, the fabulous Keng Pereira taught a group of eager cyclists how to ride a fixed gear bike.

  • 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 .

  • Brooklyn Machine Works Gangsta Track

    Collection: Tokyo Fixed Gear, London

  • Race bike

    ca. 1910 Collection: Bob Casemier

  • Priori track bike

    Collection: Brick Lane Bikes, London
  • artistic short

    Touring Holland by Bicycle

    A visual carousel by Paul de Nooijer and Jerry Musser.
  • TV documentary

    NOS Studio Sport document: Theo Bos

    A Dutch hero survives in the world of Keirin
  • trick short

    Porcelain Bike Jump

    Bike fish in the water by Robert Bolwijn.

  • Hunter track bike

    1925 Collection: Otto Beaujon

  • Claud Butler

    1957 Collection: Brick Lane Bikes, London

  • Messenger bike

    1996 Collection: Paul Keller

  • B.E.A.

    1960, Belgium Collection: Erik Boelen

  • La Blésoise

    France, 1889 Collection: Otto Beaujon

  • RIH Pursuit

    1989 Collection: Frank van der Sman

  • Paint it Black

    Mike Giant joins Sur Place

    With Mike Giant we have caught a delicious fish for the Sur Place menu. Giant is famous as a graffiti artist, illustrator, tattooist and partner of Rebel8 clothing. Black ink is Giant's specialty and...
  • TV documentary

    Rotterdam Fixed Gear

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

    Blocter Fixed Gear

    A Blocter portrait of the man behind the RFG blog.

  • Naldisney

    2008 Collection: Nalden from nalden.net

modified Emina Sendijarevic

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