Well when I first got my Bite, it hooked all over the place and was super for the first I say 20 games...Then the reaction started to go away but I played with different surfaces and played different lines with it...After maybe 70 games, the reaction it once had is not there but I got a nice smooth move to the pocket and in the past 5 weeks ive shot 774, 735, 698, 704, and 760 in my league so I cant complain..

Used mine again tonight.

Can string together multiple strikes and carry all kinds of poor hits, but the reason they're poor hits (in addition to "operator error") is cause the ball is Sooooo  sensitive to any change in release. And later on, the ball's wildly varied reactions, end up costing more blown shots than the ball saved earlier on.

A few times, as I'm about to deliver the ball, I have realized I am out of position and a slight adjustment was enough to save the shot (a good thing). But many times  it's an accidental or unconcious adjustment and ends up ruining the shot (not good).

Could never get into a groove with it tonight. Maybe it's just too much ball for the oil pattern at my most frequented bowling center.

All I know, is my BWB is very very close to being retired, sold, or....if it fails me in a really crucial situation, it could possibly find itself homeless or at the bottom of a river.

:-(

Haven't totally given up yet, but it's looking bleak. My old Brunswick Command Zone and Storm Triple XXX Factor, were far superior to the BWB tonight, in terms of carry, predictability, mixing action.  All the way around. And I have reasonably good speed, averaging around 17-18 mph. It's like the ball has used up most of it's energy before it hits the pin. Is that what is meant by the term "Roll out"?

I haven't tried putting some polish on it yet.... Anyone had better results with a polished surface on their Bite?

Again tryed my bite last night and again struggled. Either it is just THAT strong and using all it's power way early, or it just doesn't natch up well with this particular center's pattern in the summer (medium to medium/dry).

Despite the fact that it's supposed to go long and then snap, there is just too much friction too early, and it still snaps, but USUALLY not far enough down  the lane. And if I add some speed, it sometimes makes it too the pocket and sometimes sails on past it.  It's now banished to either my closet or foir an audition at another center, with more oil (except I don't bowl there in the summer).

When I get just the right speed and conditions, it absoultely crushes the pins. So I am not totally down on it ----yet. It is just soooooo condition specific that it's been pretty useless ...save for a few oohs and ahhs by spectators on those occasional "crusher" strikes.