@ Discspeed: Sorta like that tiny bead found on a Voodoo? So as that bead wears in, it may get slightly faster and loose some fade, sorta like a Roc does?
The bead on the Voodoo is so small it's almost like flash, and it most of Gateway's plastic blends it wears off really fast (my one year old organic Voodoo had no semblance of a bead left). The bead on the Axis is the bottom of the core, so it's really thick and round. I don't see it wearing down much if any. As it gets roughed up I'm sure the disc will straighten out even more, but as far as it actually wearing down enough to make the disc faster, I don't know if that will ever happen. That plastic really durable.