B&R Bar problems

[AriSuper]

Does anybody know where the B&R bar can be purchased in Europe?

[Mark Rippetoe]

I was wondering if Rip would team up with Rogue so that Rogue manufactures the bar itself, instead of York. Kind of like B&R version 2, or since it's just you, let's call it the SS (Starting Strength) bar. Since York won't sell it directly anyway. That way Rogue gets to inspect the quality of the bar before they ship it.

Rip is not and never will be in the equipment business.

Does anybody know where the B&R bar can be purchased in Europe?

On the internet.

[skipbeat]

To quote Bill on this matter on another forum, "The reason you are seeing the seam on the press fit is because it is a raw steel bar. Most bars are plated and that fills in this gap."

I'm guessing that means that it's okay?

[KIT]

FWIW I received my B&R bar on the exact same day as OP. It had to travel from Columbus all the way out here to the Peoples' Republic of Washington State. The tube was uncrushed and the tape at either end unmolested. One endcap was a little askew like OP's second picture, but I smacked it and it's been fine since then. Bar is straight best I can tell from rolling. Only surprise issue is a blemish in the center knurl, as if York took a mighty thumb while it was being machined and rubbed a couple inches of the knurl clean off. But I'm not sure about bringing ostensibly a cosmetic-only issue to Rogue's attention. Bottom line: Really happy with it.*

*Except one thing I learned: B&R oddly seemed *heavier* than the crappy gym bar I replaced, that I got with some plates off Craigslist. So I weighed them both. The bar I had been training with since about February was in fact only 40 lbs. WTF! Already knew I was weak; now I'm 5 lbs weaker. FML.

[PurpleNurple]

I'm new on the forum and was thinking of buying a B&R also. I noticed the same thing on the photos on the Rogue website before. If you look through the photos under the B&R listing and scroll through them they have a close-up of that section between the two rings and you can see the knurl points stand higher between the two rings compared to the rest. Sorry I don't know how to link the picture here because they have it in a pop-up window sort of thing.

Don't know why they do it that way, but it looks normal at least compared to their picture.

Do you guys figure UPS are bending these bars through handling? That would take a hell of a whallop to bend a bar like that.

One other thing I never mentioned, but on my bar there are 2 different knurl patterns. 90% of the bar is a soft flattened diamond sort of knurl, but the 2 small sections between the Oly and PL knurl rings on each side of the bar have an extremely sharp pointed knurl, sharper than any knurl I've ever felt on a bar. Anyone else notice this on theirs?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Any bar will bend if it is dropped a long distance and either lands asymmetrically or lands across another object. UPS is famous for being the American Airlines Baggage Handlers of the shipping industry.

[GOMAD]

Rogue Fitness rocks!

Just got an email saying that by bent and battered B&R bar will be replaced. Everything gets screwed up once in a while, I have a very high price rifle that needed to go back to the gunsmith because the stock was 'off'. But, it's how things get dealt with that ultimately makes the difference in long-term purchases such as bars.

Thanks to this forum for brining to my attention who to check on a bar.