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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 can check out a part of the collection here online. To see the whole collection visit us untill August 22nd at Mediamatic Bank. Bring your bike!

 
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    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…

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    Bike Crash Portraits

    Eyes on damaged faces for Sur Place

    For our Sur Place exhibition (May 8, 2010), I'm collecting portraits of people who have crashed with their bike and live to tell the…

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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…

  • Bicycle Collection

    These bikes are shown during the Sur Place exhibition

    This is the collection of fixed gear bikes that can be admired in our window display until August, 22nd. We have selected them for…

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    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…

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    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…