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12XSECH

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Radical Reax
« on: May 12, 2013, 09:52:08 AM »
Picking this ball up tomorrow. Having it drilled for midlane and heavier oil. Will post a review....Anybody else have the Reax?
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LuckyLefty

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Re: Radical Reax
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2013, 07:31:19 AM »
Swaff,

I appreciate the comments.

Of course I see this drill sheet and note the forward roll drilling for low track players.
http://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wiki/images/1/1a/Radical_Asymmetrical.pdf

I also note Mr. Devaney's speed, axis rotation and tilt of 15 degrees.

I was a little surprised to see great the drilling looked for Joshua with only 10 degrees of tilt!

I actually was surprised how good this drilling looked for him a higher track player on this ball.

This is a drilling set up that I have tended to like on 40 foot oil shots.  Right now bowling on a 35 foot shot most of the time.

But I have a drilling like this on a Brunswick 3.5 I picked up....I may get the ball to fit my hand and give it a whirl...  My axis rotation like Mike Devany's, My tilt like Joshua's, my speed more like Aunt Margaret's!  (kidding about 15 at the pins on a fast day)

Regards,

Luckylefty
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Re: Radical Reax
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2013, 01:51:27 PM »
Used it last night in league. Fresh oil, the pattern is a modified Kegel Main Street. This "modified" pattern has larger volumes of oil. I kept in OOB... its drilled pin up slightly to right of ring finger,,,GC about 2 inches out of center of grip and on the mid line..MB about 2 inches to right of thumb. Im not a driller..but the drill angle is 45 degrees. Im a tweener, avg 221, avg speed avg revs. I like to play this pattern up the boards around 10, swing to 5 and the ball comes back....THIS BALL I couldnt play that line. I had to hit more oil so I moved left threw it inside of 3rd arrow to around 5 and the ball came roaring back. A banana type hook. What I like most is that this ball revs MUCH more then my Nightmare or Revenge. Also I had to increase my speed to get it to the pocket...I was looking like a cranker..lol. Only 3 solid ten pins the entire night. Sunday Im using it a tournament with the Kegel "dead mans curve" pattern. Hopefully it eats up this pattern to!
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Re: Radical Reax
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2013, 07:01:03 AM »
I got to throw my Reax last night, (i say "got to" because I RARELY get to throw it, LOL!, it decides whether or not there enough oil to use it) and unlike the subject about another posters Reax dying, mine hooks more than when I drilled it. It chews oil and its the only Heavy Oil Asym I've had to make a big move on the backend with multiple surface changes since the RotoGrip Cell.
I start the night with it and shoot 255. The lanes played extremely tight and the middle of the lane in Walnut Hill is a no mans land and the Reax was the only ball to move so I started out playing 6 to 4. By the end of game 1, I was 9 to 5... Considering Im left handed and the only one on the pair.... thats a 4 board target move.... and thats a lot kiddies. Its a strong ball, almost no matter how you drill it.... lol!
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12XSECH

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Re: Radical Reax
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2013, 07:33:54 AM »
I havnt seen posts on the reax dieing....I hope that isnt true!
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Re: Radical Reax
« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2013, 10:48:35 AM »
Quote from: 12XSECH on May 18, 2013, 07:33:54 AM
I havnt seen posts on the reax dieing....I hope that isnt true!

There was a subject about Radical Covers and one of the posters stated that his father's and his had died after 20 games. I got about 20 on mine it's seems like it is just getting started. Although it has the cover from the DV8 Nightmare, from my understanding, I didn't like the Nightmare at all. It never seemed like it had enough in oil and on the dry it puked. The Reax delivers for me what the Nightmare couldn't.
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Re: Radical Reax
« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2013, 12:47:57 PM »
I have the nightmare also, didnt know it was same cover....For me the nightmare is spotty..but when the condition is right the ball is awesome! I read on Radicals site that the Slant HD has a cover that the more its used the stronger it gets. I was hoping the same for the Reax.
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Re: Radical Reax
« Reply #22 on: May 18, 2013, 02:37:07 PM »
The Reax is strong. Every ball will change based on the conditions and the surface.

Every time your throwing the ball the lane is resurfacing the track area. The smoother the lanes surface is like using a softer grit sanding pad on the ball. The rough the lanes surface (such as wood) the rougher the bowling balls surface will become.

Example, you have the Reax at box finish of 1500 grit and you bowl every week on a very smooth synthetic set of lanes. The balls surface in your track will change towards the surface of the lanes. After 3-6 games the track area could easily be closer to 3000 grit.

Same ball on a rougher wood set of lanes after 3-6 games could be closer to 1000 or 800 grit.

The ball looks the same but may not react the same.


Take time (4:30) to watch the vid. Or at least watch from the 3:15 mark on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMwsO2JCZxY
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Re: Radical Reax
« Reply #23 on: May 18, 2013, 03:40:30 PM »
Quote from: Rightycomplex on May 18, 2013, 10:48:35 AM
Quote from: 12XSECH on May 18, 2013, 07:33:54 AM
I havnt seen posts on the reax dieing....I hope that isnt true!

There was a subject about Radical Covers and one of the posters stated that his father's and his had died after 20 games. I got about 20 on mine it's seems like it is just getting started. Although it has the cover from the DV8 Nightmare, from my understanding, I didn't like the Nightmare at all. It never seemed like it had enough in oil and on the dry it puked. The Reax delivers for me what the Nightmare couldn't.

The cover is not the same as the Nightmare.  As Phil stated in a different post, the covers are unique to Radical.
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Re: Radical Reax
« Reply #24 on: May 19, 2013, 01:12:45 PM »
Quote from: LuckyLefty on May 16, 2013, 08:01:24 AM
  Why is it that many top bowlers are drilling this ball with such small drill angles?

I note this video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4negcQrRw4

I have seen this bowlers with wider drill angles?    The ball looks great with these drills but I was just curious why I am seeing this.

I also note this video..
The one bowler with a drill angle wider than 45 degrees....the ball looks, well sort of lazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3dRAAxvV74

Any thoughts?

Regards,

Luckylefty
   

(In regards to the ball looking lazy) If you look at Dustin's other videos, I think you see a very similar reaction.  It is kind of hard to tell with an all black ball, but I think he has very low axis rotation, and thus you won't really see the ball jump off the dry like you would for others with hight Axis Rotation.   Perhaps being two handed, he controls the high revs with that low AR.   Could just be me though :)
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