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    The Missing Slippers at Mediamatic

    The Missing Slippers play at the final Sur Place party at Mediamatic Bank. Picture by Attilio Brancaccio. 14 August 2010.
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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...

  • 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...

  • 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!

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Bianchi

    Collection: Brick Lane Bikes, London

  • 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.

  • Race bike

    ca. 1910 Collection: Bob Casemier
  • TV documentary

    Rotterdam Fixed Gear

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

  • Round 1-6

    Tuesday night series on the developement of Sur Place.

    Between 9th of februari and the 20th of april Mediamatic organised the Rounds: An occasion for meeting, eating, planning and discussing the Sur Place project.

  • 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...

  • B.E.A.

    1960, Belgium Collection: Erik Boelen

  • 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...

  • 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...
  • trick short

    Porcelain Bike Jump

    Bike fish in the water by Robert Bolwijn.

  • Bontekoe track bike

    1955 Collection: Peter Ravensbergen

  • Naldisney

    2008 Collection: Nalden from nalden.net

  • 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 .

  • RIH Pursuit

    1989 Collection: Frank van der Sman

  • Messenger bike

    1996 Collection: Paul Keller
  • documentary short

    Blocter Fixed Gear

    A Blocter portrait of the man behind the RFG blog.

  • 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 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?

created Evelyn modified Evelyn

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