My Salsa Fargo is currently running drop bars with 1x brifters, mechanical disc brakes, full housing.

I have a flat/alt bar and have brakes and flat bar shifter that work with the RD.

I’m wondering if I can just loosen the pinch bolts on RD and brake callipers, headset cap and stem bolts on steerer tube and remove the whole thing, without removing anything else? I think this is possible but maybe I’m missing something?

Reason is I want to try the flat/alt bar set up again but with a different stem. I’m thinking I put new cables and housings on that set up and install it, adjusting RD only.

And if that doesn’t work, back goes the drop bar set up. This saves me unwrapping and re-wrapping bar tape, and trying to re-use cables and housings between two set ups (vs, one set dedicated to each cockpit).

If this worked, I would use the flat/alt bars on trails spring through fall, and then have my winter road bike set up (in winter).

Anyone ever do this? Drawbacks? Thanks!