Originally Posted by
LNKFixed
So I'm guessing gravel bikes as we know it now have similar enough geometry to be competitive in a cyclocross course?
Not completely though any road bike with room enough for the mud will keep you competitive. A true cross bike is a performance road geometry with a taller bb and ever so slightly longer chain stay. A gravel bike is usually more of an adventure road geometry and isn't quite as agile as a cross bike is meant to be. But it can get down to splitting hairs and unless you're losing first by seconds a gravel bike is more then good enough. But a number of brands do still make dedicated cross bikes. Cannondale still has the CAADX line which for 2020 still came in Tiagra as 1200, 105 around 1600 and I think ultegra just cleared 2k. Kona still has the Jake which comes in a couple price points typically. Felt I believe still has a cross. Its a niche sport and outside of small areas where its really popular its not common to see the bikes stocked by shops.