My research revealed that touring bike makers are selling their touring bikes as CX bikes. They are trying to chase the market and since CX is the popular thing now, they just reconfigured their touring bikes. I bought a Bianchi Volpe, which is a touring bike. But Bianchi's web site markets it as a CX bike, and they show it in a CX configuration. I just ordered it in a touring bike configuration - added fenders and rear rack and put puncture resistant street tires on it.