Road bike recommendations

Can we see a show of hands of all those people who own, or have owned, a cyclocross bike, just so we can guage the level of expertise here;

1. andyp
   
2. smallfurry
   
3. Gabe
   
   

Anyone else?

Me Me Me!!!

Mine is useless for anything but basic credit card touring (which is what I consider 24hr TT training nowadays).

My old steel mtb was better as it had rack mounts.