Weightlifting barBulldog Gear20kg · 28mmNeedle bearings

Bulldog Gear Elite Men's Olympic Weightlifting Barbell, 20kg

Ten precision needle roller bearings per bar, a titanium–vanadium alloy shaft, a competition IWF-profile knurl with centre knurl, and a tested load capacity above 907kg. Precision straightened, with friction-welded sleeves and collars.

A plain unbranded Olympic weightlifting barbell with rotating sleeves, on a gym floor.
Illustrative image — not the actual product

That is not a photograph of this bar. Product photography on this page is illustrative. We are licensing real images of each bar and will swap them in per product as they arrive — until then the pictures show a generic unbranded bar of that type, not the product named beside them.

Published specification

Every figure below is Bulldog Gear’s own published specification for this bar, quoted rather than measured. Where a figure is not published it is not listed — there are no estimates in this table.

Bar weight20kg
Shaft diameter28mm
Overall length2200mm
Sleeve diameter50mm
Sleeve rotation10 precision needle roller bearings
SteelPremium Ti-Vn (titanium–vanadium) alloy steel
KnurlingCompetition IWF-profile
Centre knurlYes
Knurl marksIWF Olympic weightlifting
Load ratingTested to 2,000lb+ (907kg+)
FinishHard chrome

Who this bar is for

The highest published load rating of any bar on this page, from a UK brand. Built for a commercial weightlifting floor where bars get dropped all day.

What this page is not

It is not a review. Nobody at OlympicBars.co.uk has trained on this bar, so there is no score, no star rating and no verdict here, and there never will be unless that changes and we say so plainly. What this page gives you is Bulldog Gear’s own numbers, laid out the same way as every other bar on the site so you can compare them, and a link to the shop so you can check the current price yourself.

Same category

Other olympic weightlifting bars

A 28mm shaft on needle bearings, so the sleeves spin fast enough to let the bar turn in your hands through a snatch or a clean. Marked to IWF grip spacing.

Other olympic weightlifting bars compared on published specifications
BarWeightShaftLengthRotationTensileCentre knurlSold by
Eleiko IWF Weightlifting Competition Bar, 20kg (Men)Eleiko20kg28mm220cmBearing236kYesEleiko
Eleiko IWF Weightlifting Training Bar, 20kg (Men)Eleiko20kg28mm220cmBearing236kYesEleiko
Rogue 28MM IWF Olympic Weightlifting Bar with Centre Knurl — Bright ZincRogue20kg28mm220cmBearing215kYesRogue Fitness
Strength Shop Riot Weightlifting Bar 2.0, 20kg — IWF Men's SpecStrength Shop20kg28mm220cmBearing—NoStrength Shop
Mirafit Showtime 20kg Olympic Weightlifting BarMirafit20kg28mm220cmBearing190kPassiveMirafit
Jordan Fitness 7ft Ultimate Men's BarJordan Fitness20kg28mm7ftBearing——Fitness Superstore

Every figure is the manufacturer’s or retailer’s own published specification. An em dash (—) means they do not publish that figure — it is never a number we have guessed. “Tensile” is tensile strength in thousands of PSI. “Rotation” is bushings, needle bearings, or both in the same sleeve. No prices are listed here, deliberately: check the current price with the shop.

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Compare it against everything else

All 52 bars on one page, grouped by type, on the same set of published figures.

The full table

Not sure what the numbers mean?

Tensile strength, whip, knurl depth, bushings against bearings — what each one changes when you are actually under the bar.

Specs explained