2012 Bikes

But it's a bike that could:

• ~~ keep up on shite-weather winter road training rides (with skinny tyres and mudguards). ~~ A standard CX bike would be better.
  
• ~~ excel at gnarly nighttime road training rides (when a road bike can be a bit of a handful).~~ A standard CX bike would be better.
  
• ~~ go green laning or tough-stuff light touring.~~ A standard CX bike would be better (Maybe, on this one).
  
• ~~ race cross (with knobblies).~~ A standard CX bike would be better.
  
• ~~ play on singletrack far better than your average cx racing bike.~~ Not convinced
  
  

If you bought something like a peregrine, you could do all of the above betterer. With the option of running 2.2" 29er tyres for singletrack, and full front and rear racks'n'guards for the touring bit.