Our Contrast Bumper Plates are made of virgin rubber and are meant to be thrown around and lifted often. We’ve taken our black bumper plates and given them a sleek, color-coded upgrade. Each pair has colored lettering on both sides to help you differentiate between the weights in your collection.
They are constructed with virgin rubber, formulated specifically for its durability, density and low bounce. Most importantly, they go through the most customer-focused manufacturing, quality control, and shipping process in the industry so you can rest assured that you are getting the highest quality plates, and we are taking the utmost care to ensure they arrive in pristine condition!
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Contents
2 - Contrast Bumper Plates (1 Pair)
Weight
10-55 pounds each
Weight Tolerance
+/- 1% of declared weight
Full Diameter
15 - 55 pound plates: 450mm (~17.7 inches) width, 10 pound plate: 445mm (17.5 inches)
Insert Diameter
50.4mm, will fit most barbells with 2" sleeves
Bumper Plate Widths
55's - 3.2", 45's - 2.9", 35's - 2.35", 25's - 1.87", 15's - 1.2", 10's - 1.05"
Material
Virgin rubber, stainless steel insert
Warranty
3 Year Warranty on 25's, 35's, 45's and 55's; 1 Year warranty on 10's and 15's.
Product ID
RAISED LETTERING
Raised lettering is more durable than painted or printed markings. Over time, painted markings on plates can wear off, making it challenging to identify the weight. Raised lettering is less prone to this issue, ensuring that you can continue to use your plates effectively for years. It also gives the plates a more polished and professional appearance.
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DURABLE HOOKED STEEL INSERTS
The hooked design distributes stress more evenly across the plate, which helps prevent cracking, chipping, or deformation of the bumper plate. Hooked steel inserts often produce less noise and vibration when dropped compared to plates with regular circular inserts. The secure connection between the hook and the rubber dampens the impact and reduces the rattling or clanging noise when dropping the bar, making them ideal for olympic weightlifting.
LOW ODOR
Our Black Bumper Plates are made from 100% virgin rubber, which means it contains fewer impurities, contaminants, and foreign substances compared to recycled rubber. These impurities can contribute to the strong rubber smell often associated with recycled rubber bumper plates, but are eliminated with 100% virgin rubber bumper plates.
The Most Durable Bumper Plates On The Market Today
Our Contrast Bumper Plates are made of virgin rubber and are meant to be thrown around and lifted often. We’ve taken our black bumper plates and given them a sleek, color-coded upgrade. Each pair has colored lettering on both sides to help you differentiate between the weights in your collection.
They are constructed with virgin rubber, formulated specifically for its durability, density and low bounce. Most importantly, they go through the most customer-focused manufacturing, quality control, and shipping process in the industry so you can rest assured that you are getting the highest quality plates, and we are taking the utmost care to ensure they arrive in pristine condition!
55's are 3.2", 45's are 2.9'', 35's are 2.35'', 25's are 1.87'' 15's are 1.2'', and the 10's are 1.05''
The 10 and 15-pound bumper plates are 90; the 25, 35, 45 and 55-pound bumpers are 85
Durometer is a measure of the hardness of a material. It ranges from 0-100, and the higher the rating the harder the material, and the higher the material's resistance to indentation. Anything above 65 is acceptable for bumper plates. Our plates are considered to be excellent.
In general, the lighter bumper plates have a higher durometer reading because they need to be more rigid to withstand the stress of being dropped. Heavier plates have more surface area to distribute the stress, so they do not need to be as hard.
Most Fringe Sport bumper plates are the IWF standard 450mm (~17.7") width in diameter, with a +/-1.5mm variance
The ten-pound Fringe Sport bumpers are 445mm (17.5") in diameter
The ten-pound bumper plates are purposefully 5mm narrower than the other bumper plates so that when you have 10's loaded on the bar, plus other bumpers, the 10-pound plates impact the ground a split second later than the other bumpers. Since the 10-pound plates have the least surface area and are thus the weakest bumpers, this saves stress on your 10 pounders!
Sometimes the bumpers smell due to the way that they are made. It isn't permanent. The best remedy is to let them air out in the sun for about 5 days.
The bumpers are greased as a part of the manufacturing process. Sometimes the factory doesn't clean the plates well enough. Here's what we do to de-grease these bad boys:
We wash the bumpers about 3 times, with paper towels, soap, and water. If that doesn't work, then we use a de-greaser spray that can be purchased at a local home improvement store.
Drop away. We are confident that our 10-pound bumper plates can handle the abuse, and they are backed by our fully comprehensive warranty for 1 year just in case.
Some of our plates go through random spot checks by different quality assurance teams. The star simply means your plate passed inspection. There are no differences in quality between plates with or without stars!
Bumper plates come in a few standard sizes and are sold in pounds with kilogram conversions. Fringe Sport economy bumpers are sold by the pound. Here is a chart with a rough pound and kilogram weights:
| Bumper Weight | Best Weight For: |
|---|---|
| 10 lbs ~ 5 kg | Great for teaching or learning Olympic lifts. |
| 15 lbs ~ 7 kg | The same uses as the 10s, but this offers greater durability at only a slightly heavier weight. |
| 25 lbs ~ 11 kg | A very popular weight as they are very durable and throwing these on an Oly bar gives you 95 pounds (Fran Rx). |
| 35 lbs ~ 16 kg | A great size for adding more weight to the bar. |
| 45 lbs ~ 20 kg | The most popular size for gyms - 45's really lets you load up your bar and make some serious strength gains. |
| 55 lbs ~ 25 kg | When the 45s just don't cut it, we have 55lb bumpers to add some serious weight to the bar. |
WHY CHOOSE FRINGE SPORT BUMPER PLATES?
Not all bumpers are created equal. Here's why your next bumper plates should be Fringe Sport bumpers:
- Fringe Sport bumper plates feature a steel insert that is designed to far outperform the brass bumpers used by the competition. A steel insert will take much more abuse without malforming- and it is machined to exact tolerances to fit all high-quality Olympic bars.
- Fringe Sport bumpers use a rubber formulation that combines the ideal mix of low bounce with high durability. Some bumper plates bounce too much- they are potentially unsafe. Other bumpers are too brittle- and they easily chip and fall apart. Not Fringe Sport bumper plates!
- Fringe Sport bumpers 10 and 15 lb bumpers are more stable because they have high durability. This makes them more stable than most 10 or 15 lb bumpers which are the most fragile bumper plates due to their thinness.
- Fringe Sport bumpers are thinner than many of the competing bumpers- so you can load more weight on your bar!
- Fringe Sport bumpers all have the same standard diameter- you can mix and match to load your bar.
- Finally, Fringe Sport bumper plates are backed by our no-questions-asked satisfaction guarantee- plus a 1-year warranty from the manufacturer. Use them and love them- or send them back free!
GARAGE GYM REVIEWS TOP BUMPER PICK OF 2021
"The FringeSport Bumper Plates are our top pick for the best standard bumper plates for most people. We've reviewed these in-depth in the past and our initial findings still stand: for most people, these are the bumper plates we recommend. From the virgin rubber used to maximize durability and limit rebound to the great price, the FringeSport bumper plates should be the top choice when looking at rounding out any home or commercial gym."
- Coop, Garage Gym Reviews
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