yummygooey

Is there a difference between these two? If so, what is it?

I hadn't even heard of the RB001 until a few days ago.

rustybrown

...going to wait until these hit the used/discount market.

Must be a difference unless 1=2.

bhop

I have rb-002s on my bike. I can't tell a difference between the two honestly... (just from google searches)

docboyd

I thought rb 001 are a swept forward rb 002...sorta like 19s to 21s

yummygooey

This bike has RB001s:
https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/cinelli-mash-20-2074

This bike has RB002s:
https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/cinelli-gazzetta-2119

It's hard to tell because the second Gazzetta pic looks stretched out or it's just at a weird angle.

RB001:


RB002:


I think they look they same, but I don't see why they'd name them differently. I'm trying to decide if I want the RB001/002 or the Syntace Stratos with the sweepback. The Stratos look ugly, but comfortable. Meh.

Hothead286

I have some stratos. Very comfy.

jpaschall

The RB-001's have sweep back too, if you don't like the look of the Stratos. I will say that the sweep back on my Stratos 200's is incredibly comfortable.

Leukybear 

I rode my buddies samson and he had rb 002's mated to a jaguar stem, they're super solid compact bullhorns that did not compromise hand positions much. I loved them! I would buy a pair but the price you pay for them is ridiculous considering how much you get physically.

yummygooey

Do you say the RB001s have sweep back from experience, or from the picture? I ask because I can't tell from the picture if they have sweep back or if it is just the angle of the picture.

Squirrelli

I think they are the same bar but one has 25.4mm(001) and the other has 26mm clamp.

https://www.tokyofixedgear.com/shopexd.asp?id=2408
https://www.benscycle.net/index.php?m...d=6a007446e...

If this is true, this would explain the stem uses on both bikes yummy linked above. The person with the 001 is using a Thomso Elite x4 and the person with 002 is using a Dimension, a 26mm stem.

yummygooey

That could very well be it. Good eye. If that is the case, I no longer want the RB001s!

jpaschall

I'm just looking at the pictures. It looks to me that they very clearly have some sweep back.

tgscordv6

All rook same!

Leukybear 

That's great; I've always wanted 25.4mm bullhorns!

bhop

Ah.. that's gotta be it. I noticed tokyo fixed gear also has rb002 and the specs for comparison and the width seems different too.

001 = 25.4mm clamp, 380mm width
002 = 26mm clamp, 370mm width

Personally, I love my RB002s. They were pricy, but i'll probably keep them for as long as I ride fixed.

Oramas

educate me on this point? I realize that the 25.4mm is the "old" standard but what is the issue with 25.4 bullhorns?

chenghiz

There isn't much variety.

Leukybear 

Yea there is, especially when you calculate the amount of bars/ stems produced in the bicycle boom and all that generic bars coming from china/ taiwan... I just complain because most bullhorns are 26.0 (especially those by nitto and syntace) while most their track drops are 25.4 (regarding nitto); how that seemingly little minute difference prevents me from safely mix - matching the sizes. I hate shims aswell. Also I'm lazy, so I don't have to go through my entire garage looking for my 26.0 stems if I want to mount a set of bullhorns.

Scrodzilla

Keep your stems in the house.

chenghiz

You just contradicted me and then explained why I was right. I'm confused. Most bullhorns are 26mm, and there is not much variety in 25.4mm bullhorns.