I have a suggestion. Don't buy one. I just rolled 804 with an 11 year old ball that has hundreds, maybe over a thousand games on it. I de-oiled it at home and resurfaced it and polished it. Maybe you already have old stuff you could revive. It's a little hard for me to believe that there aren't older balls that are just as good as any new stuff coming out. The best balls of all time may have already been produced.
Ball speed: 17 - 18.5 mph Rev rate: 400ish
PAP 6 1/8" over 1/4" up
13° axis tilt / 30°-60° axis rotation
Thumbless bowler
High game: 300 High series: 804 High average: 217
They should make a rule that you can't buy a ball without rolling a 300 with the ball you have. That would literally kill the bowling ball manufacturers...but it would be sweet. Even better, you CAN'T buy bowling balls...you only get a new one if your's breaks (and it's replaced with the exact same one) OR if you bowl a 300 you get a new one from the USBC.
Bamm. Solid.
Aslan: I'm in shock!
Yeah, I would quit bowling if this ^ happened LOL.... I love all the colors, and differant balls myselfOriginally Posted by Aslan
Then we wouldnt be able to have wonderful bowling ball giveaways where you can win a ball
USBC #9327-540
In the Bag: Storm IQ Tour Fusion, Brunswick Mastermind Genisu, Roto Grip Asylum and Ebonite Maxim
Final Book Averages for Fall:192 Current averages in Summer: PBA 182, Tuesday 202, Thursday 205
Having experienced ball death of a ball that I took very good care of, cleaning after each use, not leaving it in a car ever, routinely de-oiled and re-surfaced, I'd LOVE to be able to obtain one of the older high performance balls. There just aren't enough out there to go around.
My Dad, well into his 60's still bowls 3-4 leagues a week with 10-20 year old equipment and averages 210-220. So I know the old stuff is much better that what we get today. Maybe he'll pass those gems on to me someday. In teh mean time, Thank the EPA, I guess, for what we get today.
And if I'm spending the money on a new ball, I'm buying a fresh one, recently released, so I know it hasn't been sitting in a box for a year or more, possibly having spent 1/3 of it's life already. Not enough is known yet about what is causing coverstock hardening, core crumbling, etc. I'm not going to take my chances on a ball that is on sale, not knowing how much life it as left. That just may be my crazy logical engineering mind over-thinking things.
What if frequent cleaning, resurfacing and de-oiling is actually what CAUSES premature ball death? Scary thought huh? That could be a whole new topic.
I don't wipe the oil off, except on my shirt, seldom clean with anything but mild cleaner, seldom resurface and if I do de-oil it is a warm water bath with mild dish soap. The only balls I own that I have seen die are two where I attempted more aggressive de-oiling. I took one Lane 1 ball and but it in the oven on low heat and it really brought some hook back. I tried the exact same thing with another Lane 1 ball and it was dead, dead, dead. After awhile I tried it again on the other ball and it too died.
Ball speed: 17 - 18.5 mph Rev rate: 400ish
PAP 6 1/8" over 1/4" up
13° axis tilt / 30°-60° axis rotation
Thumbless bowler
High game: 300 High series: 804 High average: 217
Yeah right. I never win anyways....so I view all giveaways as being rigged.
If bowling balls "died" from sitting in boxes....we'd see a lot more of them die the first time some throws them 17mph on a hard surface. Bowling balls aren't like wine or Flowers....they don't die of old age. They die from use or misuse or cleaning or baking or surfacing. I sure as HAY hope they don't buy from old age...because I have quite a few undrilled balls waiting their turns in my closet and I'd hate to open a box and see a pile of ashes and a note that reads, "I waited as long as I could."
Okay...now you guys are REALLY scaring the **** out of me. First my balls are dieing of old age....now if I wipe them with ball cleaner they are going to die....it's just too much. Anxiety = too high #scaredballess
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
Well I dont know hell I won after only being on the site for a few weeks. Don't mean to rub it in. At least to much. I am sure you will win someday.
USBC #9327-540
In the Bag: Storm IQ Tour Fusion, Brunswick Mastermind Genisu, Roto Grip Asylum and Ebonite Maxim
Final Book Averages for Fall:192 Current averages in Summer: PBA 182, Tuesday 202, Thursday 205
Back to the OP, my mom and uncle both bowl and still use 8 year old balls. My uncle has a older ebonite and it's 12 years old I believe and head bowled 300s with it his last one being 2 months ago.
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