Originally Posted by
jtgotsjets
In my mind, there are two kinds of cyclocross bikes. There are race oriented ones—no rack mounts, fancy drivetrains, carbon bits—and there are stealth utility cyclocross bikes—good for racing, but plenty of "non-race" additions like rack mounts, horizontal dropouts, all-steel construction...
This ^^^^
What I'd consider to be a good commuter bike is pretty different from what I would use for cyclocross racing. Different enough, IMO, that it'd be hard to call it a cross bike at all -- no reason to race with a dynohub, long wheelbase and fenders, ya know.