He’s a legend among Microsofties: the dude on the Segway wearing a glittering gold helmet. I’ve been stalking him for months, collecting sighting reports from breathless ‘Softies who’ve seen him at Target, seen him on 40th, seen him in elevators! And finally FINALLY, I tracked him down. Meet Stephan, aka The Golden Helmet.

A top speed of 12.5 mph!

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I am on the hunt for this gold helmet-wearing Segway rider. He’s been spotted all over campus (that’s my building in the background of this photo!) and I must speak with him. I want to know more about tooling around Redmond on a Segway — and why the gold helmet?