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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?
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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Portret van de Fietsfabriek

    De roerige geschiedenis van een oer-Amsterdams bedrijf.

    Donderdag 3 juni, toonde Mediamatic "Failliet of Niet: de Fietsfabriek." Frans Bromet kwam vertellen over zijn project. Kort na het tonen van deze film, berichtte het Parool dat de Fietsfabriek...

  • 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 .

  • Cycling back

    We already revealed some of the fixed bike’s history on our general info page , along with one of the first videos ever featuring the first recorded bike trick ever. Quite a must-see, that is. Here...

  • 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...

  • Fixed off-road

    uncommon cycling hotspots

    Sur Place will be one of the rare exhibitions that is visitable on bike. DUS Architects will create a route through the exhibition space. For some this will become the first off-road bike experience.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Race bike

    ca. 1910 Collection: Bob Casemier
  • trick short

    Porcelain Bike Jump

    Bike fish in the water by Robert Bolwijn.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • RIH Pursuit

    1989 Collection: Frank van der Sman
  • TV documentary

    Rotterdam Fixed Gear

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

  • Messenger bike

    1996 Collection: Paul Keller

  • Bike Cinema

    Collection of Dutch treasures

    During Sur Place we present a media library with a selection of interesting Dutch Bicycle Film Productions and a selection from the Bicycle Film Festival Amsterdam. Sur Place will also host some...

  • Bontekoe track bike

    1955 Collection: Peter Ravensbergen

  • Naldisney

    2008 Collection: Nalden from nalden.net
  • documentary short

    Blocter Fixed Gear

    A Blocter portrait of the man behind the RFG blog.

  • 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.

created Evelyn modified Justin Linds

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