What's the difference between a Nitto B258AA and B259AA?

Sorry peeps. No punch lines. Planet-X sell the B258AAs for £25 and (as this is cheaper than what most "track boutiques" are selling the B259AAs for) I thought I'd ask here to check if there's any major difference between the two. They both rise, sweep back slightly and have a clamp diameter of 25.4mm. Any ideas?

Much obliged.

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[Nitto B259 Alloy Riser Handlebar

[]Gun Metal Gray
[] 50mm Rise
[] 7 Degrees Sweep
[] 175g
[] Material : Nitto Alloy
[] Width : 480mm
[]Width @ Upper Rise Bend: 250mm
[] Diameter : 25.4 clamp

the Nitto B258 features a heat treated alloy bar with a greater reach than the B245 bar. A suitable rearward sweep of the extensions ensures wrist comfort.

Weight - 232g

Stem Clamp diameter - 25.4mm

Also think that the B258's are much wider than the others.

Well, when you put it like that... If you're implying the 258 slopes down and the 259 slopes up then I wasn't sure if it was the camera angle. But now that they're up side by side...

I probably should have added "from an aesthetic point of view". I'm no weight weenie so I'm not fussed about grammage (probably not a word...I know). And I was gonna chop them down to size anyway so width isn't an issue either really. All things I could have put in the OP. But time is money, yo. And attention to detail ain't my strong point.

Are you getting a riser now? I spent probably a month trying to find a silver B259AA - could not find any except the more expensive anodised ones.

Finally got mine from Decathlon - £7 only. I think it looks/works alright and would recommend it.

I may do! Just looking around. Seeing what prices are about. I'll give Decathlon a try if I ever roll past one. And sod those ano ones. It's gotta be silver!

I had both, the 259 being the better of the 2 imo, purely for comfort. The 259 has a higher rise/sweep whereas the 258 has a rise but flat

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Anyone got a 259 for sale? PM please! Cash waiting

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took 9 posts for the classic answer.

I had both, the 259 being the better of the 2 imo, purely for comfort. The 259 has a higher rise/sweep whereas the 258 has a rise but flat

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What he said. The extra sweep is nice.

Nitto risers are nice and everything but there isn't any problem with £10 eBay/Halfords risers either.