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Originally Posted by hybridbkrdr
Specialized TriCross
http://www.specialized.com/ca/en/bikes/road/tricross

Trek CrossRip
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes...ross/crossrip/

Opus Spark 3.0
http://opusbike.com/en/bikes/road/cyclocross/spark3

Devinci Tosca S
http://www.devinci.com/bikes/bike_463_scategory_116

Mec 1971
http://www.mec.ca/product/5031-880/m...10+50002+50208

Miele Andiamo
http://www.mielebicycles.com/1242-an...road-bike.html

Schwinn CrossFit
http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/sp...l#.UqSTONKOTZM

The Schwinn CrossFit is a bit of an exception as it has a double crankset instead of a triple. However, for the price, you could change the crankset.

All of these bicycles have eyelets for a backrack. I decided to make this list because I find bicycles with cross-top or interrupter brake levers are more convenient than road bikes. And they can also fit larger tires with fenders.

But I have a question for you. What would you think if a manufacturer came out with a cyclocross commuter with 650b wheels?

Any of them would do the job. The Crossfit is probably the worst of the lot, however. Although I'm not a fan of disc, it is nice to see that all of the disc equipped bikes have the caliper mounted on the inside of the rear triangle. That makes rack mounting easier. Now if they would just change the location of the front disc to the other side of the fork so that the brake is pushed into the dropout instead of out of them.

One other caveat: Cross bikes have short wheelbases. If you plan on carrying panniers, you may run into problems with heel strike on anything but the smallest pannier. I only use a rack bag with my cross bike which isn't all bad since it limits the amount if stuff I can carry.
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