Originally Posted by cyccommute

I understand the point. Why would the seller bend the frame before shipping it? The frame isn’t “crimped”. The frame hasn’t been “modified”. The frame has been crushed. Even an accident with a car wouldn’t do that kind of damage. The bend in the chainstay has a corresponding bend in the seatstay which says that the whole right side of the frame was crushed down to nearly flat and then bent back. A lot of effort went into bending it both ways. Perhaps the seller did that as a “joke” but I really find that hard to believe. Perhaps he had someone else pack it and they crushed it then tried to hide the problem.