Iron Edge - Economy Bumper Plates

[iron junkie]

Hi All,

I am currently investigating the purchase of the Iron Edge Economy Bumper plates, they appear to be a solid product but my only concern is the size of the center metal insert. The plates I have seen loaded on the sleeves of iron edge and force usa bars are approximatly 2-3mm too big.

My first question here is if this is a major concern if you are using the plates for power lifting alone and is this design going to reduce the life of the bar/plates?

Thanks in advance!

 

[The Hamburgler]

The Iron Edge economy are 51mm. so there's 1mm play in total which is nothing major.

Over that it starts to become an issue (I'm looking at your ABC and your 52mm openings!)

 

[Brick]

I've got iron edge standard bumpers (unsure if opening is tighter then economy) tgey are tight on my abc bar, annoyingly so. Makes it hard to load the bar unless you go on perfectly squate. I have some cheapy no name brand bumpers with a couple mm more play and I really don't think it makes any difference for powerlifts, might be different if your dropping from overhead all the time.

I am really impressed with the standard bumpers for the price.

 

[The Hamburgler]

The black sleeves on the ABC bars are annoying.
I know Markos got them specifically made with stainless steel for the above reason

 

[Brick]

The black sleeves on the ABC bars are annoying.
I know Markos got them specifically made with stainless steel for the above reason

I did the same mines black shaft with stainless sleeves like the IE bars.

 

[strong enough?]

i have older iron edge economy bumpers (the ones where the 25s are 90mm) and they fit fine on a black ABC powerlifting bar.

 

[The Hamburgler]

Their sleeve opening is the same as the newer economy (where the 25s are about 1/2 that thick lol)

 

[iron junkie]

Thanks guys but I could definatly see the other weight plate on the other side through the gap. That predisposes me to the fact that the size of the ring is greater than the 51mm that is stipulated on their web site.

 

[Brick]

Thanks guys but I could definatly see the other weight plate on the other side through the gap. That predisposes me to the fact that the size of the ring is greater than the 51mm that is stipulated on their web site.

Who cares? Won't effect the performance

 

[iron junkie]

While performance is a concern I was more worried about ruining the bar I just bought.

 

[Brick]

While performance is a concern I was more worried about ruining the bar I just bought.

Doing the slow lifts and as long as you drop cleans in a controlled manner you'll be fine.

Fastest thing to kill bars is dropping thrm on the pins of your rack when you fail. Dropped loaded bars is pretty forgiving. Just don't rack pull or dump your squats and i bet the bar will be fine.