Bumpers and iron on the bar?
I have old York iron plates and an old York bar (all in excellent condition). I need two more 45's but as we all know in these trying times that isn't easy. I have found some 45# Rogue Hi Temp bumpers locally at a reasonable price. Two questions
1. Are the Hi Temp bumpers decent? I know they are wide but I'll never fill a bar.
2. Can I use the 45# bumpers with my old York iron/bar without damaging anything? I only need the plates for deadlifts.
I'm an old guy so the weights aren't huge and I only do SS lifts and I don't drop anything although the last deadlift rep can descend pretty fast.
Thanks
I did search for this but only found a related thread on dropping the weights with Olympic lifts.