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    for 3.000 euro an amazingly sporty and light bike. Image from cube.eu.
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  • 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

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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!

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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?

  • Jeroen Blom at 24 Hour Race

  • Willem-Jan Rijper at 24 Hour Race

  • 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...

  • Checkpoint Rotterdam at 24 Hour Race

  • Janwillem Kersten at 24 Hour Race

  • pierski akbar at 24 Hour Race

  • Jesse Geers at 24 Hour Race

  • Ludo at 24 Hour Race

  • Chirico track bike

    Collection: Brick Lane Bikes, London

  • Messenger bike

    1996 Collection: Paul Keller
  • documentary short

    Blocter Fixed Gear

    A Blocter portrait of the man behind the RFG blog.

  • ruud lanfer at 24 Hour Race

  • speedy dee at 24 Hour Race

  • 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...

  • Bontekoe track bike

    1955 Collection: Peter Ravensbergen

  • 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...

created Willem Velthoven modified Willem Velthoven

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