I had two berlebachs so far, and I liked them much better than the manfrotto 055, the only upsides on the manfrotto were it's size and weight (carbon fiber model), apart from that I prefer the berlebachs I had in every way. I also love how they look but that's a personal thing (I love wood) and irrelevant to how good they work.
The 2002 model is a bit specific and may not suit you, it's a short tripod with only 115cm max height, I don't care about it because honnestly not even once I used it completely streched, I always try to shoot as low as I can so height is not a problem for me.
Here's the berlebach's 2002 page:
http://www.berlebach.de/?bereich=details&id=261
A more convencional berlebach is the one I had before this one, the 9003, it's a much taller tripod with 151cm and about the same weight, and unlike the 2002 it has 3 leg sections.
This tripod was still a remarkable improvement over the 055 from a stability point of view.
I only trade the 9003 for the 2002 because I realised I never used it fully streched anyway so I'd rather have a more stable tripod.
Here's a link for the 9003:
http://www.berlebach.de/?bereich=details&id=266
There's a lot of other configurations at berlebach's site, take a look at them they're very worth it, and from what I used and tried, they're by far the best bang for the buck.
Here's a comparison of various tripods.
http://www.tvwg.nl/testrapporten/statieven/statieven.htm
The berlebach 3032 (similar to the 2002 but taller and less stable) really stands out IMO, the G1327 is similar but it's expensive and the manfrotto 028 is more stable, but much slower at damping vibrations and much heavier. The manfrotto 055 isn't really on the same level of the 3032 like the test shows, witch confirms my experience.