700c Winter Tyres?

I was thinking about this.

A decent pair of schwalbe winter tyres is going to be £40-60. So for real winter conditions you're almost better off just buying a cheap old MTB for when it snows.

A 26" with plenty of clearance has to be better than 700c x 28-32mm... no matter how many studs and knobbles.

• better riding position
  
• better brakes perhaps
  
  

Sounds like a good plan.