Making it shorter makes it simpler eh?

I don't see the point really, other than style. its not like you are going to save much weight. As a purely stylistic move go right ahead if it's what flicks your switch.


But before you do consider that you may loose out on the function side:

You may bend your levers without a bar beneath them.
As for mentioned you will have less braking power.
And you loose a hand position on your bars, you may not in fact realize how much you ride your drops until they are gone. i didn't until i slapped Some bullhorns on my bike then road 170km. On long rides its really nice to have an extra and very different hand position.

For something where you don't save any real weight and for loss of function.
If you think the style gained is worth function lost.
Do it up and post some pictures let us know how the set up works after a few thousand Kilometers.

Cheers