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Can someone school me on what is going on between the frame and body on these old BEs? There is like three inches of what looks like unnecessary marker there. Where these stacked tubes with the bottom tube hidden in there or something?
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No. The extra weight is for ballast. They were designed to keep players from floating away. Also due to the expected and rampant air leaks they were designed with additional weight to keep the user from being uncontrollably blown around the field.
They were also marketed as boat anchors and hot air balloon weights. York Barbell considered the early BE line as competition in the free weight sports equipment market.
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