Originally Posted by
jfk22
I have considered cyclocrosses too. The price has been a big factor pushing me away.
Any idea how dirty I could get with one?
If you have a Performance Bicycle shop by you, they have 2 cyclocross bikes on sale right now. You can also order over the internet if you're comfortable with that. I just purchased a Scattante X-330 and it is very comfortable and so far, pretty tough. It's not real fast with the stock tires but I plan getting another set of wheels for it so I can have some with slicks and some with cyclo/hybrid tires.
Scattante is the Performance house brand. I talked to the mechanic and he said that Fuji makes Scattante frames exclusively for Performance. If you click on the link in my signature below it will take you to the spec page for my bike. It's stocked rather well for a $600 bike (carbon fork). They also carry a GT cyclocross bike that is better looking but not as available with a slightly better component group but no carbon fork (
GT GTR Type CX ).