from Blue: Please take some time today to say a prayer for Steve Hed of Hed Wheels. Horrible news and our thoughts are with Anne and her kids today. Steve taught me a lot of what I know about aerodynamics and our industry and his family lost an incredible man. RIP
Sad news…quite an innovator.
Our hearts go out to his family. One of the iconic innovators of wheel aerodynamics.
That sucks. I’ve always admired Steve. Condolences to Anne and family.
from Blue: Please take some time today to say a prayer for Steve Hed of Hed Wheels. Horrible news and our thoughts are with Anne and her kids today. Steve taught me a lot of what I know about aerodynamics and our industry and his family lost an incredible man. RIP
Sad news…quite an innovator.
It is true. Dan will write up a story, as Anne saw him the best person to do so (he and Steve had been friends for many, many years). Steve had an unexpected cardiac event after work late last week, underwent CPR, and paramedics were able to get his heart going again. He was hospitalized and put on life support as tests were performed. It was determined that the brain damage was bad enough that he would not survive without life support. He passed away this morning.
Greg
I just happened to be here when Dan got the call, really sad news. Steve, Dan, and I go all the way back to day 1 in triathlon. He was right there innovating, while we were all racing. He was a very mild mannered guy who just trusted and was willing to help anyone. He reveled in the prospects of making things better and faster, and he did just that since his first disc wheel in the early 80’s. We were a bunch of traveling hobos back in those early days, but there was just no way it could have been more fun for us all.
I only got to see Steve every once in awhile at this or that function, but he was always his cheerful and inquisitive self. I will miss him dearly, and there is a big hole in the sport from his loss… )-;
Thanks for the update Greg. I have another good friend who goes way back with Dan and Steve. Quite an innovator, and from all accounts, an awesome guy. Kind of scary when guys my age are dropping… A very big loss for the cycling community.
Steve was a great guy. He was creative, passionate and nice.
Very sorry to hear this.
I had the pleasure of meeting Steve at my very first Interbike. Really nice guy. Sad Day.
Thanks, Gary.
This is sad news. Steve was a true innovator in cycling and triathlon. Always thinking. Always pushing the product envelope.
He was one of those people that always seemed to have time for everyone.
Condolences to Anne, the family and the team at HED.
Oh no…I met Steve at my first Interbike. I went on the last day of the show when everyone was surely tired of talking up their products. Steve was very approachable and was happy to share stories and educate. Bummer…
Thanks Steve. Nice to see how tight the cycling community is. Just talked to my buddy who has known Steve since the beginning…I always think of that first circle of innovators who formed our sport…the Dans, the Steves, and so many more who had such an impact in those formative years. I forget all of the names until something sad like this happens, so I want to say thanks to all of them…including you Fleck, who give so much of yourselves for us to play…
That is really sad news. I always admired him for making very good products and especially for keeping his own course with his company.
My thoughts go out to his family
Very sad to read this.
Very Sad news. Steve was a legend in our industry. I had just seen Steve a few months ago at Interbike. Prayers go out to his family.
Dreadful news.
He has certainly left an indelible mark on the sports of cycling and triathlon
Gerry (owner of 4 Hed wheels)
I just happened to be here when Dan got the call, really sad news. Steve, Dan, and I go all the way back to day 1 in triathlon. He was right there innovating, while we were all racing. He was a very mild mannered guy who just trusted and was willing to help anyone. He reveled in the prospects of making things better and faster, and he did just that since his first disc wheel in the early 80’s. We were a bunch of traveling hobos back in those early days, but there was just no way it could have been more fun for us all.
I only got to see Steve every once in awhile at this or that function, but he was always his cheerful and inquisitive self. I will miss him dearly, and there is a big hole in the sport from his loss… )-;
Wow, such terrible news. Back in 1992, when I was buying my first deep dish wheels, Steve picked up the phone when I called the 1-800 number in Triathlon Today (Lew Kidder’s publication) and talked to me and had wheels fedex’d to me for the weekend’s race. Very sad news.
My condolences to Steve’s family and friends. A terrible loss for the cycling and multisport communities. I’ll never forget Steve’s personal help to me when I had wheel problems in Kona.
“I’ll never forget Steve’s personal help to me when I had wheel problems in Kona.”
for years steve spent a ton of his money at kona saving the races of people who went to the island with a dream of finishing. the amount of money and time steve graciously and selflessly spent saving races, building careers, caring for athletes post-career, and helping his strategic partners - me included - will never be known.
I never met him, but I bought some base bars with S-bend extensions from HED online. I wasn’t sure if one of the brake handles was functioning right or not (seemed a bit sticky). In stead of a runaround trying to figure it out, he just said “I’ll send new bars out today and a box that you can return the other one in.” I always felt from that minimal interaction that he was a good guy.