SSCX with geared option in steel

How about this ? Want to race.....want to commute.....want to just rally around ? Here's a way to do it all.

And yes- rim brakes are not dead. Looks like this one will get some sort of mini-V setup. There's something nice about simplcity-come to think of it I just rode my 15 year old rim brake CX bike today. I have been riding it a lot in the last couple of months after not touching it in nearly two years. 

As long as you aren't in the deep mud or going down some sketchy non-CX bike downhill rim brakes will work fine. Hey, that's just my take on it. Not saying anything bad about disc brakes or thru-axles or any of that stuff.......it's just that a good rim brake bike is still a good bike, even if it isn't the most modern.