Best cyclocross bike under £1000 and other CX chat

Just wouldn't bother with a carbon 'cross bike TBH

Although it's getting harder to buy a nice aluminum OTP

SuperX is totes sexh tho - it even has an SI headtube should you want to turn it in to a Slate type thing.

Giant and Specialized have the TCX and Crux in your price range.

I thought about a few bikes before I bought my Focus, one of them was a Vitus but was given advice not to buy cheap carbon, it looks ok on the outside, but due to the fab process, it might have folds etc on the inside which isn't good for strength... do you really need carbon? I'd be thinking more about groupset, hydro disks etc

I've just dropped a Cyclescheme voucher on a Merida CX 500: http://www.merida-bikes.com/en_int/bikes/road-fitness/cx/2016/cyclo-cross-500-4411.html

Reckon the spec is great for the money (£750).