I too, have a Kinesis tripster – which I’ve now used for a couple of winters quite successfully as a nice comfy, road commuter.
Mines built up with shimano 105, Hope pro 2 on mavic a317’s (on which I’ve run both 28mm road tyres and some fatter cross things without problems) and BB7(road) brakes – which are fine with the 105’s. Adjustability is a bit crap though.
The fork that comes with the tripster frame (the DC 19) is ok, but a little bit noodly under heavy braking. – I believe kinesis do another more cross-focussed fork with disc mounts (ah yes, they do) no idea what it’s like though.