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Ok, some thinking aloud and I figured this is the best place for it.
Currently I have
A cross country hardtail with 100mm forks, 2.1" tyres.
A carbon forked, skinny tyred road bike.
(As well as a downhilly/all mountainy full suspension and a commuter but that's by the by.)
I'm contemplating chopping in the first two (the XC bike needs some serious work - wheels/forks/drivetrain probably on last legs. It's also a 26" frame so stuff's starting to get phased out) and building myself a CX/road bike with discs. I'd then probably like to run two sets of wheels so it could still be a road bike when I needed it and a cross bike when I needed it. Is this a stupid idea, and am I going to end up with a hugely compromised bike I won't enjoy?
Main concerns are riding position and clearances - weight on a new cross frame will be lighter than current, no worries.