Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Yes and no not all of them did it right away.
I don't know if they were heated first though have heated one and haven't seen the customer but it was a brand new lever that had been crashed and was a small bend and I told them to keep a close eye on it. Most of the levers I have seen snapped are old and people tried to bend them back either at the shop or on their own.
I am sure you are going to say something as usual. Go for it. "Aluminum never breaks...super strong..."
most tried to bend them back ..... right there. Of course bending them back will work harden the metal. Crashes. These levers were never previoysly damaged. I just heated them to 300 and slowly bent them in one direction and then let them cool. Heat again bend more. Let cool as needed to get the right travel. I think its fine.