Opinions on My Arsenal

[The Mayor]

MRod, the only issues I could see you possibly having would be when the Defiant becomes too much ball and hooks too early, but the Crossroad isn't enough. Something like the Modern Marvel or Critical Theory would fit nicely here. You also could change the surface of the Crossroad to say 2000, no polish to fill that gap a bit. The only other thing you might want to do is get something for when the lanes are too dry for the Frantic. The Ice could work, but it would be better to have something like the Tropical Breeze which has a core which will help carry. The Breeze has very low differential, so low flare which is awesome on dry lanes.

[Stormed1]

I would probable look at a Tropical Breeze to fill the gap between the Frantic and your Ice. It would be a bigger step down than the Tropical Heat as they are quite strong as far as entry level balls go and the Breeze would be milder overall

[MRod088]

MRod, the only issues I could see you possibly having would be when the Defiant becomes too much ball and hooks too early, but the Crossroad isn't enough. Something like the Modern Marvel or Critical Theory would fit nicely here. You also could change the surface of the Crossroad to say 2000, no polish to fill that gap a bit. The only other thing you might want to do is get something for when the lanes are too dry for the Frantic. The Ice could work, but it would be better to have something like the Tropical Breeze which has a core which will help carry. The Breeze has very low differential, so low flare which is awesome on dry lanes.

Thanks! I know what your saying and I actually have just recently changed my crossroad to 2000 w/o polish and true...Would the heat be a good choice also?

[jaydee]

Kinda hard to assess without knowing your speed, revs, tilt, rotation. Also don't know the layouts or ball surface. Finally we don't know if you bowl just leagues or tournaments too, and what type of lanes and oil patterns you face.

With what very little information you provided, I could probably say there's a gap between the Defiant and Crossroad/Frantic, and another gap between Crossroad/Frantic and Black Ice. But without knowing the above, we're all just guessing if you need something else, and what it would be.

[MRod088]

Kinda hard to assess without knowing your speed, revs, tilt, rotation. Also don't know the layouts or ball surface. Finally we don't know if you bowl just leagues or tournaments too, and what type of lanes and oil patterns you face.

With what very little information you provided, I could probably say there's a gap between the Defiant and Crossroad/Frantic, and another gap between Crossroad/Frantic and Black Ice. But without knowing the above, we're all just guessing if you need something else, and what it would be.

My speed is anywhere from 14-16mph...Revs-Average..Not exactly sure about tilt and rotation but I know my track is about 2-3 inches away from my finger holes. I bowl in leagues and tournaments. Patterns I mostly face are 90% THS and 10% middle road. Thanks

[jaydee]

My speed is anywhere from 14-16mph...Revs-Average..Not exactly sure about tilt and rotation but I know my track is about 2-3 inches away from my finger holes. I bowl in leagues and tournaments. Patterns I mostly face are 90% THS and 10% middle road. Thanks

Can you be a little more specific about revs? And are your house shots heavy, medium or light oil? I bowl on two different THS's, one is heavy oil on synthetic lanes, other is light oil on wood lanes. As you can imagine, they play completely different.

[MRod088]

Can you be a little more specific about revs? And are your house shots heavy, medium or light oil? I bowl on two different THS's, one is heavy oil on synthetic lanes, other is light oil on wood lanes. As you can imagine, they play completely different.

Revs- Prob around 300...my house shot is medium/heavy unless I go to practice a random day then there usually burnt up and oh yes I know I've played on half synthetic half wood before