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  • 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...

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  • Underground
  • theme surplace
  • san francisco
  • mike giant
  • mmsurplace
  • fixed gear
  • graffiti
  • Typography
  • Design
  • Doortrapte iPhone apps

    Hva students create app for real life cycle fun

    A few months ago, thirty Interactive Media students from the Hva received the task to develop a prototype of an iPhone application related to our Sur Place exhibition. The aim of the app should be to...

  • 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...

  • Bontekoe track bike

    1955 Collection: Peter Ravensbergen

  • Race bike

    ca. 1910 Collection: Bob Casemier

  • 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.

  • Naldisney

    2008 Collection: Nalden from nalden.net

  • Bianchi

    Collection: Brick Lane Bikes, London

  • Bright Bikes, Big City

    Make your bike seen with retroreflective vinyl

    As part of the Sur Place exhibition, Mediamatic will be organizing tons of salons, parties, film screenings and workshops. The first of these workshops takes place on Saturday June 12. Join us and...

  • B.E.A.

    1960, Belgium Collection: Erik Boelen

  • Messenger bike

    1996 Collection: Paul Keller

  • 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 .

  • 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...

  • RIH Pursuit

    1989 Collection: Frank van der Sman

  • 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...

  • TV documentary

    Rotterdam Fixed Gear

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

  • Claud Butler

    1957 Collection: Brick Lane Bikes, London

  • Barry McGee x RVCA x Cinelli

    2008, Italy Collection: Cinelli

  • Dossche Sport

    1964, Belgium Collection: Erik Boelen

  • Priori track bike

    Collection: Brick Lane Bikes, London

  • 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?

  • 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...

  • Chirico track bike

    Collection: Brick Lane Bikes, London

  • Brooklyn Machine Works Gangsta Track

    Collection: Tokyo Fixed Gear, London

  • 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...

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