Tom "TC" Collins

Favorite Pizza topping: anything that doesn't have a parent: Veggies!
Favorite stretch of trail: 50-year trail upper loop / Russ' trail
Best Borg Quote: "DUDE!" - carl hughes

BORG: so you're "TC" ?

Tom Collins: that's me!

Borg: are you really riding a Trek 8700 from 1987?

TC: absolutely.... it's about ready for the smithsonian institute... Trek called and said they want it for their museum. But I won't be on that relic too much longer as I have a specialized epic marathon on order. Should be here anyday!

Borg: isn't that Trek older than some of your kids?

TC: hmm... yeah.. I guess it is. I didn't think of it that way

BORG: won't it be hard to part with it? Isn't it like a member of the family?

TC: sorta... maybe I'll tell the smithsonian to stuff it!

BORG: I know lots of people that have told them to "stuff it"! TC.. who is it you enjoy riding with most in borg?

TC: ohhh that's easy: Chuck Hess, Jerry Livernois, Dave Swift, Carl Hughes... and anyone else that's close to me which should be less people after I get that Specialized Epic shortly here.

BORG: what about jonathan martinez?

TC: what about him?

BORG: you did'nt mention you enjoyed riding with him.... don't you?

TC: of course I do..... it's just that jonathan is crashing more than riding. I remember this one time he crashed 8 feet up off the ground into a pine tree off the Red Ridge Trail desent off of mt. lemmon. he tried to slow his fall by hugging the trunk of the tree but he ended up just clearing the tree of all the low hanging branches - quite impressive!

BORG: that does sound impressive.... a sight to see I'm certain. You got any pre-ride rituals?

TC: peeing...

BORG: peeing?

TC: yeah..... I pee before everyride

BORG: you always have to pee? do you drink coffee before everyride like Ray Weigand?

TC: I don't drink coffee before every ride.... but I always have to pee... it's a ritual

BORG: thanks for clearing that up! TC.. it says here that your biggest pet peeve is not having the ability you had when you were younger! does that mean you can't mosh in a mosh pit like you used to be able to?

TC: EXACTLY! how'd you hear about that?

BORG: we have our ways.... as I've said before.. tell us about moshing!

TC: it was nothing really....I just hurt my knee moshing with my teenage son's at a church function - just weeks before the 24 hour race!

BORG: moshing at a church function? you must not be baptist!

TC: nut-uh...

BORG: this interview is over....