Yeah, I am not worried, just curious. I doubt this lower end hybrid built in Taiwan was using anything but straight stays, I could not think of how the stays could be bent during production. The dropouts are not spread best I can tell, running a 8 speed on there which I can slide in without effort. The bend is counter to where I would expect cold set bends to show. Took these drive side shots but the other side bends at almost the same angles.
edit ends up these cross bikes did ship with 130mm spread so unless it was some cutting edge "hybrid tech" on these stays will chalk it up to previous riding. Heck, could have been me I guess, did ride it on some gravel/light single track before converting it over. But still rides very nicely for bent reality.
