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Strider

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Twister Pins
« on: October 18, 2015, 07:58:49 PM »
I had no idea these things were still around, but my center just installed them.  This generation seems much different than the ones I bowled on 10+ years ago.  The old ones sounded very odd (metallic?) and the carry was strange - high flush yielded 4-9 combos and anything that barely touched the head pin shot messengers all over the place.  These seem very normal- both in sound and action.  The bottoms are still really flat though - lots of pins sliding around the deck still standing.  Maybe they aren't the devil anymore!
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charlest

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Re: Twister Pins
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2015, 09:35:50 PM »
It would be nice if that were true. I suppose they could have done some more research over the years from the first disastrous variations.

I might quit bowling if i had to bowl regularly on the ones I experience one year at Nationals. Like you, flush hits left 4/9s, pin went flying all over the place on light hits leaving all kinds of weird leaves.
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kidlost2000

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Re: Twister Pins
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2015, 09:40:04 PM »
My center recently added them. Compared to other pins they are very "active".

Lot of out of ranges the first few weeks till they sanded the bottoms. Now its just the excessive pin action. Wish they had chose a different pin.
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Re: Twister Pins
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2015, 10:08:13 PM »
My center got them about three years ago.  Pins slid a lot, standing, many out of ranges.  I could not carry on light hits, found that I had to hit much heavier than I would normally but would leave more 4-9's.  Across the house, league averages were down about fifteen pins the first year.  This year, the pins are much livelier but they are three years old now and the bottoms have rounded out.
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Re: Twister Pins
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2015, 12:15:02 PM »
My home house got them a few months ago, I've never seen so many 4-9's left in my life. One particularly wonderful night I left five. Not a big fan of the Twisters.
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Re: Twister Pins
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2015, 04:19:31 PM »
I practiced during the winter in a house down in Arizona that had the second generation twisters.   I still found them to be a little bit weird with respect to 4-9s and 9 pins, but not nearly as bad as the first generation ones used in Reno 14 years ago.   
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t1buck

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Re: Twister Pins
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2015, 05:20:21 PM »
The local center put them in a little over 2 years ago. The first few months there was a lot of 4-9 (rightie) 6-8(lefties) then they settle down. An yes a lot of sliding they slow that down by bleaching the pin decks every other day. When they forget to use bleach there still is a lot of sliding.
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Re: Twister Pins
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2015, 09:03:36 AM »
Quote from: t1buck on October 21, 2015, 05:20:21 PM
The local center put them in a little over 2 years ago. The first few months there was a lot of 4-9 (rightie) 6-8(lefties) then they settle down. An yes a lot of sliding they slow that down by bleaching the pin decks every other day. When they forget to use bleach there still is a lot of sliding.

With regards to pin sliding they sell USBC approved pindeck pads.  They are a clear disc that goes over the pin spots.  We went from having 20 out of ranges a day when we first got the Twisters to almost none after applying them.  We also sanded the bottom of the pins and used pin deck cleaner.  The discs come in a set of 9 (no headpin) and are relatively inexpensive and seem to last a long time.

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