Made excellent time after falling in behind a landscaping truck for the middle 2 miles of my route. I was spinning easily in the big ring when I pulled around the truck to make my turn on to L Street. A glance at the computer: 30.5 mph!

It's fun to go fast, but everyday I'm more convinced that the bike I'm using as a commuter just isn't that well-suited for it. It's a wannabe racer and the more I read Sheldon Brown and Grant Peterson the more I notice that most of the road bikes sold today aren't particularly useful for anything other than racing and club riding. So, I'm thinking seriously about getting a Soma Double Cross or a Surly Cross-Check frame. Just thinking out loud but these frames seem like the Swiss Army knives of the bike world.

Anybody else here riding a cross bike as a commuter?