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Title: Oversized sleeves
Review: I got this bar for my fiancee because she can't quite manage a 45-lb bar for many lifts. I wasn't expecting competition quality out of it, but I did think it reasonable to expect that standard 2" plates and spring clips would fit over the sleeves. About 50% of my plates that fit easily over my other three bars would not fit all the way or even fit at all. Trying to fit run-of-the-mill spring-clips was an absolute no-go. Some plates will go on, but it takes a rubber mallet to get them off, and flecks of chrome fly everywhere. We had to mark which plates will fit on this thing and had to buy Lock-Jaw collars ($$$) for it. We're hoping that over time enough metal will get scraped off the sleeves and the plates that this bar will not feel like a frustrating waste of money. Caveat emptor.
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