[prmoustache]

I rode my cyclocross bike in the Swiss alps for months while waiting for my custom road bike. It was perfectly fine descending mountain passes.

As I said, that so called nervousness is overstated because people overthink it. BB height matter but for the most part we intuitively and inconsciously accounts for it and adapt. Also the difference is minute, from a 5 mm to 15mm. It is not like we switch from a road to a tall bike either. And guess what? A tall bike is pretty easily rideable, there are even people doing offroad on them.

[Melatonic]

A lot of people do not size their cross bike right - they ride a top tube length that is too short. Maybe this also helps with tight turning radius (which could be an advantage during a cross race).