Here at Broad Street Cycles, we’re pretty into this whole Cyclocross thing. While we’ll ride anything from track bikes, road, and mountain bikes, Cross is the one kind of riding that draws out everyone in the shop. In an attempt to put some names to the spandex, we’re bringing you Rider Profiles: CX Edition! So far we’ve talked tea varietals with Aidan, and pestered a jet-lagged Andy with questions, and caught up with Felix the way most people catch up with Felix: several minutes after he’s crossed a finish line (this time at Wednesday CX). This week we cross time and space to the Eastern lands of Ontario, or Quebec, to talk to BSC’s own:
Parker ‘The Face’ Bloom
All photos by – Nick Iwanyshyn (IG: @nickiwanyshyn) – of Silver Goose CX
Known as #69 around the Island – if only because it’s his COTR bib # – Parker actually races was a variety of bib numbers according to which series he’s attending. This year, that’s quite a few series. His median race number is in 30’s, and average race number is wavering between 22 and 26 after last weekends Silver Goose CX C2 event beside Little Lake, in Ontario. We can only guess, but as it’s in Ontario, it’s likely that the event references a population of geese that fell victim to a nearby silver refining factory. While the course looked wildly fun, why travel so far for an hour racing? Not just seeking to maximize his travel:racing ratio, after a successful Island campaign saw him finish off last season as Cross on the Rocks series champion, Parker’s been roaming far and wide this fall to any town, small or large, with a UCI CX points on offer. CrossVegas, WSCXGP in Sacramento, Ontario, as well as the staple Cross on the Rock and VCXC events. Parker’s now headed to Canadian National Cyclocross Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec! It’s a good thing the internet is not a truck, or we’d never have been able to make those invisible airwaves crackle with Parker’s answers to our very important questions:
Broad Street Cycles: Who are you?
Parker Bloom: Parker Bloom, aspiring geared CX racer, face of BSC and social savant.
BSC: Why do you race cross?
PB: The lucrative prize money.
BSC: What is your spirit animal?
PB: Sea lion of Flanders
BSC: What are you riding?
PB: Focus Mares CX w/ Di2 XTR & FMB tubulars
BSC: Best type of Donut
PB: Yonnis’
BSC: Beyonce or Destiny’s Child?
PB: Kelly Rowland feat. Nelly
BSC: Rumors or Tusk?
PB: Rumors all day.
BSC: Disc or Canti?
PB: Discs with so much lever throw that they feel like cantis
BSC: Favorite bike colour?
PB: Sparkle
BSC: Home Province/State?
PB: Alberta (Lite)
BSC: Coffee or Tea?
PB: Cortado & a cookie.
BSC: Favorite Breakfast
PB: Bagel w/ Nutella & banana
BSC: Typical Breakfast?
PB: Bagel w/ Nutella & banana
BSC: Race day breakfast?
PB: Bagel w/ Nutella & banana
BSC: If the ‘correct’ number of bikes = N+1, what is the current value of N?
PB: I’m terrible at math. This question really stresses me out.
BSC: Last book you read?
PB: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction
