Jeffrey Veen

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Posts about Cycling

Bicycle racing and data overlays

Combine a rich, well-designed web application with professional cycling and what do you get? Well, all of my available...

This post was written on  21 Feb 2007 and has 14 comments

The Tour de France and Long Tail Sports

Floyd Landis, a former mountain biker from San Diego, won the Tour de France yesterday. He achieved this through one...

This post was written on  24 Jul 2006 and has 26 comments

How pleasant life would be...

"And then to the rarest treasure, Golden Gate Park on a car-free Sunday morning, the air wet and clean, the...

This post was written on   4 Apr 2006 and has 8 comments

Things to watch for on a winter bike ride

The San Francisco Bay Area has been pounded by storm after storm lately, but what's a little rain to stop...

This post was written on   2 Jan 2006 and has 10 comments

2006 Tour de France route announced

It's never too soon to start thinking of next year. And in that spirit, the organizers of the Tour...

This post was written on  27 Oct 2005 and has 13 comments

Another introduction to the Tour

My parents have, for the first time, the combination of extended digital cable and a Tivo. This affords them an...

This post was written on  19 Jul 2005 and has 10 comments

The drama of the Tour

Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn recently suggested changes for a race he dubbed the "Tour de Farce." Zorn finds the...

This post was written on  15 Jul 2005 and has 12 comments

Figuring out Ebay

Out cycling with my friend Kirby, and he he's on his brand new Colnago. What a gorgeous bike. Kirby: Hey,...

This post was written on  10 Jul 2005 and has 4 comments

Close the streets, it's time to ride

The Fourth Annual T-Mobile International bike race thundered through the streets of San Francisco this weekend. And we participated in...

This post was written on  13 Sep 2004 and has 1 comments

Bikes and Horses

Talking cycling with my friend from Portugal. Portuguese Friend: so, what exactly is the team's role? JV: protect and help...

This post was written on  22 Jul 2004 and has 1 comments

Riding For A Reason

I had really hoped to do the AIDS LifeCycle ride this year. It's an astonishingly good cause, and would have...

This post was written on  28 May 2004 and has 4 comments

A Spring Classic

Today, the wind drove the rain straight up from the bay as I rode across the Golden Gate and...

This post was written on  21 Apr 2004 and has 9 comments

Il Pirata

Italian cycling superstar Marco Pantani was found dead in a hotel room earlier today. For those of you unfamiliar...

This post was written on  14 Feb 2004 and has 7 comments

Who was that guy?

Older Gentleman: Lance, do you remember learning how to ride...a bike...when you were very little? Lance Armstrong: Uh, yeah, I...

This post was written on  30 Jan 2004 and has 0 comments

At Least I've Got Brakes

Descending a rather steep hill on my bike in the Presidio, I heard a strange sort of scraping noise coming...

This post was written on   8 Jan 2004 and has 4 comments

Share the Road?

"It's people like you that are ruining this country." A piece of advice if you're a cyclist. That's apparently the...

This post was written on  26 Dec 2003 and has 4 comments

15 Seconds of Fame

My inbox is full of friends asking if that was me yesterday. Indeed, I was interviewed on both KTVU-2 and...

This post was written on  15 Sep 2003 and has 8 comments

Ulrich goes down, Armstrong takes the Tour

It was not without a typical dose of drama as Lance Armstrong wrapped up his fifth straight win of...

This post was written on  26 Jul 2003 and has 0 comments

Bikequeers

My good friend Lance Arthur deconstructs cycling in the city, and ends up outing me in the process: Bikers are...

This post was written on  18 Jul 2003 and has 0 comments

xHTML Strict, PDX, Pillars, and Pavement

So much happening lately, I've not had a chance to bring this site up to date. We've relaunched adaptivepath.com by...

This post was written on  17 Jul 2003 and has 0 comments

Le Tour de la Douleur

I've gone into a sort of hibernation -- a period each summer where I spend up to three hours a...

This post was written on   8 Jul 2003 and has 0 comments

On Pain and Cycling

Saturday was the hardest day I've ever spent on my bike. The ride wasn't that epic -- a rolling 80...

This post was written on   1 Jul 2003 and has 9 comments

"Kivilev is down"

Last night, we were watching the third stage of the Paris-Nice bicycle race on the Tivo. About 10km from the...

This post was written on  12 Mar 2003 and has 0 comments

"Dop-AY!" ... Well, actually, no.

"Some people may have dreamed of unknown molecules, but it's conceivable that someone rides faster than everyone.'' Lance Armstrong's attorney...

This post was written on   3 Sep 2002 and has 0 comments

+2 Strength, +4 Constitution

Watching Lance Armstrong tear up Alp D'Huez or Mont Ventoux, I'd often catch myself thinking that he's just not human....

This post was written on  28 Jul 2002 and has 0 comments

Sweating on the Couch

I am both an avid pro cycling fan as well as a cyclist. I am the perfect target market for...

This post was written on   2 Jul 2002 and has 0 comments

Design in the land down under

I spent a week in Sydney hanging out with Australian Web designers and IAs. Quite possibly the nicest and most...

This post was written on  23 Jun 2002 and has 0 comments

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About Me

Bio: Jeffrey Veen
Book: "The Art & Science of Web Design"
Book: "HotWired Style: Principles For Building Smart Web Sites"
Work: My LinkedIn Profile
Travel: China, Tuscany, Kayaking in Baja, Touring Costa Rica, Studying Theater in London

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