Author Topic: Black Chery Bomb - $155??? How?? (Read 1741 times)

charlest · « **on:** November 01, 2003, 01:49:11 AM »

How can Buddies Pro Shop be selling the black Cherry Bomb for $155 ??
WHat did they do, buy 500 of them???
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Buzzhead · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2003, 05:01:39 PM »

there ya go. for all you cheap asses ou there bawling that lane #1 is loo EXPENSIVE.... I cannot get a Xfactor for that around here. $220 drilled is about the going rate. last new ball I bought not online was an HPH and HPC
$212 for one $220 for the other.
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HamPster · « **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2003, 05:17:25 PM »

Lane 1 runs promos to pro shops, one deal was 4 BCB's for $159 apiece, get a fifth one free.
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gripnrip · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2003, 06:35:03 PM »

Buddies has the cranberry for 150.00
but the cherry and BCB or 170.00

MI 2 AZ · « **Reply #4 on:** November 01, 2003, 07:48:52 PM »

gripnrip,

I just checked at Buddie's. Charlest is correct. The Black Cherry Bomb is on sale for $155.
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Gene J Kanak · « **Reply #5 on:** November 01, 2003, 08:04:17 PM »

Damn it!!! They are on special for $155, but that is only for 14 or 15lbs with 1-2" pins. I'd love to pick one up, but I throw 16lbs.
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charlest · « **Reply #6 on:** November 02, 2003, 05:25:59 AM »

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Damn it!!! They are on special for $155, but that is only for 14 or 15lbs with 1-2" pins. I'd love to pick one up, but I throw 16lbs.
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Not only 15 lbs, 1-2" but also with 3.5 to 4oz. top weight only.

90% of the people here use 15 lb balls AND
given the abslutely HUGE flare potential for a BCB,
a 1-2" pin should be alsmot ideal for anyone with more than 3 or 4 revs to the pocket .... 3.5 oz top weight - not a problem by any means. Heck, drill the holes a little bit deeper.
So what are all you Lane#1 fanatics waiting for?
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Shoutout33 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 03, 2003, 09:12:29 AM »

Charlest,

All of this technical jargon is way above my head so could you answer a few questions for me?

Why is having the pin from the CG not that bad? I thought you needed at least 2-3" to have more to work with for layouts.

Is it necessarily a bad thing to have 3.5-4.0 oz. of topweight as long as you have some positive side and finger to help it turn the corner?

How does drilling the finger holes deeper help counteract this much topweight?

Also, are their any recent books on how to do or understand the techniques of drilling a bowling ball? Thanks in advance people.

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charlest · « **Reply #8 on:** November 03, 2003, 10:41:52 AM »

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Charlest,

All of this technical jargon is way above my head so could you answer a few questions for me?

Why is having the pin from the CG not that bad? I thought you needed at least 2-3" to have more to work with for layouts.

One of the implications of pin-to-CG distance is that the larger the pin distance the more flare you will get, as a potential maximum, depending on the bowler's release, from a given ball.One can almost set up a table of how much "potential" flare is possible, for a ball based on the pin distance. Since the flare for any given bowler for any given ball is generally proportional to the RG differential for that ball, AND given that the BCB's RG differential is in the LARGE range (.072; the maximum allowed by the ABC is .080), a BCB with 1-2" pin-CG distance will flare as much as most balls with a 2-3" whose RG differential is in the .040-.055 range. An RG differential of around .050 is considered by most manufacturers to be HUGE!

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Is it necessarily a bad thing to have 3.5-4.0 oz. of topweight as long as you have some positive side and finger to help it turn the corner?

This trait, one needs side and finger to make a ball turn the corner, is left over from the dark ages of plastic, urethane and 3-piece balls with TRUE pancake cores. for all practical purposes, it is my opinion that the average bowler, even the avg bowler here on BR.com, can virtually ignore side and finger weight. The dynamic core rules and the combo of the core and the cover plus the bowler's release and the oil pattern are 99% of what you need to worry about.

I just drilled up a Hercules, it has almost 1 oz negative side and 1 oz finger weight. This ball can flip like a XXXX.

I am not saying ignore side and finger totally, but it does not deserve 1/4 of the attention that some people are giving it. Others WILL disagree; but if you're asking this question, I think you can safely ignore it for a while longer.

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How does drilling the finger holes deeper help counteract this much topweight?

Drilling all 3 finger holes deeper removes top weight and will soften or reduce some side or thumb weights.

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Also, are their any recent books on how to do or understand the techniques of drilling a bowling ball? Thanks in advance people.
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When you've moved up, moved back, adjusted left and right, cupped, flattened out, have thrown everyting in your arsenal, and the pins still don't cooperate, just say, "Aw to HELL with it!", and throw the ball!

Almost every ball manufacturers' webiste has tons of technical documents that will help you learn a lot of this type of info. See Ebonite, Columbia, Storm, Brunswick and others. Sunscribe to Bowling This Month magazine; it is one the best helpers for higher average bowlers who care about their bowling.
http://www.bowlingthismonth.com/index.shtml
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Shoutout33 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 03, 2003, 11:08:22 AM »

Thank you Charlest!

Your such an angel!

(LOL!)
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When you've moved up, moved back, adjusted left and right, cupped, flattened out, have thrown everyting in your arsenal, and the pins still don't cooperate, just say, "Aw to HELL with it!", and throw the ball!

drillwizard · « **Reply #10 on:** November 03, 2003, 11:56:57 PM »

155?

maybe I will just have to buy from them since, thats cheaper than I just paid for 2 cases.

Not cool Lane #1 , not cool at all.

Nice to know all my business was really appreciated.

Selling for 155 means they probably paid 110-120.

Edited on 11/4/2003 1:07 AM

drillwizard · « **Reply #11 on:** November 04, 2003, 12:29:55 AM »

NICE TO KNOW , WHATS WORSE IS YOUR PROBABLY RIGHT.

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