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Old 11-26-17 | 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by bhdavis1978
I didn't think that the frame would be more likely to spontaneously bend in exactly the same way, more that the more you bend metal, the weaker it gets and the more likely it is to bend again
Actually the place the frame bent is stronger than before it was bent. It's known as "cold working". It will be less ductile and, if bent repetitively in the same place, will eventually crack. However, unless you insist on bending that frame many, many more times, once it's realigned it should last for a long time.
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