Ray Weigand

Loves a good fungi on his pizza
Current ride: Blazing Orange Mongoose Pro NX 8.3 - XT components
Nickname: None
Loves BORG cause: easy to find a ride partner - always someone else riding




interview with Ray Weigand:

BORG: Good morning Ray..

RAY WEIGAND: Morning.... uhh.... what's your name?

BORG: it's not important!

RW: oooh ok!

BORG: I'm looking at your profile here... says you dont' have a nickname?

RW: nope

BORG: what about "Ray Ray" ...? Doesn't anyone call you that?

RW: oh yeah... I am called that sometimes..

BORG: who calls you that?

RW: I think Travis Williams and Paul Carbone from Oro Valley Bikes..

BORG: who started it?

RW: I think Paul... he's got crazy nicknames for everyone

BORG: What's in your cup there?

RW: that's my JOE!

BORG: your JOE? is that anything like MOJO?

RW: not exactly... sorry .... it's my coffee.

BORG: aren't you about to ride?

RW: yeah.... but that's ok.. I drink this before every ride.

BORG: doesn't that make you have to go pee while you are riding?

RW: eventually...

BORG: eventually? what are you a camel? oooooh that's not where you pee is it?

RW: NOOOOOO... gosh no.. that's gross. Actually... my camel is loaded with water, a handpump, cell phone that is always out of range, warm pair of gloves and finally facial tissue in my seat pack!

BORG: you don't have cell service with verizon do you?

RW: huh?... oh .. no actually I think it's with T-mobile

BORG: there's your problem.. I'm on T-mobile too..... and I never have service on the trail. What's the facial tissue for?

RW: darn... I thought you'd forgotten that.. or didn't hear me say that.

BORG: Oh I heard... no way I wasn't going to bring that up.

RW: facial tissue.... ahh.... a variety of purposes really!

BORG: which purposes?

RW: be creative!

BORG: allrighty then... moving on... What else you do before you ride.. besides drink your "JOE"?

RW: I eat a bananna?

BORG: ooooh .... is that what that is? <Pointing to something in his camel>

RW: <looking down> ... yeah! I also drive to and from the trail wearing a fishing hat! it's a must

BORG: a FISHING HAT? .. you ever wear that on the trail?

RW: never tried that... I don't suspect that it'd protect my noggin very well

BORG: speaking of protection .... why don't you suit up in ARMOR like John Williams?

RW: HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? ... it's crazy... everytime we ride together.. people ask me "is there a killer downhill noone has told us about?" while pointing to JOHN!

BORG: Better safe than sorry right?

RW: hey.... that's his quote! you stole it!

BORG: sue me! ... on second thought... don't ... Hey ... it says here that you've been pulled over on your bike by a Park Ranger on a horse! (there's gotta be a story somewhere here)

RW: where's it say that? <<grabbing papers>> How'd you get that...... dang! I thought that would never haunt me again!

BORG: <<grabbing papers back>> we have our ways of finding out! ... you gonna 'splain RAY RAY?

RW: I still can't believe she pulled me over... I was riding my bike on a hiking/horse trail in Sahauro East back in the late 80's!
BORG: dang you are old!

RW: thanks.. I think I'll go ride now...

BORG: better pee first.