A little pryl gossip is always nice and the question on everyone's mind is probably when hydraulic disc brakes will be available for cyclocross. Well, to some extent the answer to that question is right now. TRP, makers of fine CX brakes like the EuroX, are about to release something called Parabox which is a bit of a quick fix until the proper technology is developed.

You can read all of the details in this CX Magazine review but essentially the box converts the movement from a normal road lever into hydraulic force needed to close a normal MTB brake. Smart...but pretty ugly also. The next problem is that your frame needs mounting holes for disc brakes and the only ones I can see so far are on very very cheap CX bikes meant for vinterpendling etc. No proper cross race geometry or carbon forks on those babies. The Stevens bike in the picture is of course an exception to that but I wonder why they run the wires down the tube instead of over the top? Have they never ridden cross before???