Bowling With Bleeder 1976 Yellow Dot Bleeder  

My grandfather just gave me a in the box yellow dot that he won back in the day, never even was drilled getting it drilled today for my hand can’t wait to use it

Those were my favorite back in the day. Couldn't beat them.

Still got mine, had it over 30 years and it keeps LT-48 company

I had a 1980 bleeder. Always got an R or Q serial number that year. Mine still had color out of the box but turned brownish black in no time. I also drilled a gold white dot at that time and shot a 290 with it the first time out. I used a blue dot spare ball for many years that I shot a 257 with outside the first arrow (4th board) on a really dry wood lane. The bleeder worked well for middle of the lane for me. I also had an LT-48. Brings back memories! Now there are an overwhelming choice of ball options with people bringing 6 or more to league.

That guy is throwing killer shots nice!!

On wooden lanes; this ball was easily the best one of its era. When I was ten years old; when wooden lanes were still in a few places; I used to throw my grandfather's 16 lb yellow dot. It had such gorgeous motion and hit like a freight train.

I had a yellow dot it was my very first bowling ball an I did fairly well with it

I just bought a yellow dot this week, it’s my first ever bowling ball, can’t wait to start and learn the game with it 👍

Do the Columbia Black U Dot. That ball had more power than reactive resins.

These videos are awesome ! THank you

Was my go-to ball back in the late 70's. Also had a white-dot for spares and overly dry conditions. For really wild conditions, I was known to break out a "Black Beauty" or an LT-48. Can't even imagine what these would do on modern lane surfaces though.

Such a smooth ball! Wow...

Yellow dots had a massive pocket great ball

I kept one of these in my bag up until 2000

One of the greatest bowling balls ever made. It can do things no other ball can. I am fortunate to have one and still use it in league when the volume is low. Check out video 93 on my channel to see mine in action.

Good choice for that high friction lane surface.

Awesome stroker! This guy could get strikes throwing a flower pot at the pins :-)

I seriously want to find one to add to my arsenal. I throw classic gems 99% of the time just to show these guys the classics still have milage left. Original Beast, green Faball, Red Sun Storm, OG Gamebreaker, and always looking for more. The music is a great add too.

Wow. Columbia yellow dot!! Man I have never saw one turn that much. That's why u r a god!!! Do u still have it. Impressive!! Take care bro.

Sad news! My Bleeder is no more... When it came back on the ball return there was a loud crack and the ball return jammed! When the mechanic opened it up his face froze in shock and he said: "You don't want to see this..." He pulled out two halves...the Bleeder was literally cut in two! It got chopped in half by a broken ball return director blade! It hit that blade dead on and split like a diamond being cut. And the edges of the ball where the cut happened were razor sharp like the Bleeder was made of glass or crystal. Still tearing up to this day when I think about it...never loved a ball more.

Nice

For the bleeder to hook like that on the back your revs must be 500 plus

Thinking about redrilling my dad's and using it.

I got mine

Is it me? But does it seem the yellow dot goes thru the pocket the right way. These new bowling balls finish too hard and do not set right in that pocket. They leave lots of weird solid taps.

Hahaha where in the hell did you get a Columbia advert from, and did you read it 🤣

Did you ever hear of "soaking" balls back in the day? They used to soak em in something to soften em up and I think the bleeder was good for that. Before my time tho.

I had a Columbia Sur-D-Pro already came soaked. The PBA ruled it illegal to use. For the hell of it I resoaked it and it came out the size of a softball. There was also another version called a Shore-D-Pro. Not sure of the difference.

I bought a bleeder ( a 9R) for a lot of money at the time. Very disappointing. It "spidered"--meaning the thumbhole cracked and expanded--the material coming off the ball looked like a red life saver candy that had crumbled. Had the pro shop put in another thumb insert but that spidered too. I still have the ball---someone told me a 9R had some value to it.

I had always heard of the "Bleeder" balls, but it was never truly explained to me what that term meant.

Wow, who needs reactive?! Although technically the bleeder WAS the first reactive ball...

A threw three 300 games with a yellow dot bleeder I don't think they bleed anymore after a few years I left it in the back of my car with a car battery and took a couple of Wrong Turns needless to say the car battery broke and leaked acid all over the bowling ball balls no good anymore can't find another one

Is this urethane?

You're gonna need shoulder surgery in a few years...