Pro Tip: Don't Take Road Bike Advice From Pinkbike Or Anyone Who Thinks An Off-Road Bike Is A Road Bike

Pinkbike: when advertainment can't even get the basics right!  Cyclocross bikes are not road bikes, so pretending they are is pretty fucking stupid.  You can tell Matt Wragg really has no fucking idea what he's talking about when he mentions short stems, disc brakes, and wicked wide tires for serious road use.  Marketing aside, rim brakes are better in every way on actual road bikes; wider tires are for off-road use, and slick road tires do not slide on wet roads any more than other road bike tires; properly-fitting road racing-style bikes need long stems to handle properly.  It would be nice to get a piece by someone who rides road bikes like an elite bike racer--or possibly is an elite bike racer--but can also drop most anyone on a mountain bike, too.  That would be interesting, and you wouldn't get some nonsense about off-road bikes pretending to be about road bikes.