I didn't know it was made like that...misunderstanding. When you confirmed it was "bent", I thought you were saying it had been damaged.
I have nothing more to contribute to your thread, so I'll be done with it, but before I go I'll throw out there that, seeing as how you'll only be riding it on a track, this was a pretty silly thread to start:
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=266269.
In case you don't remember, this was the highlight of that thread :
Originally Posted by h_curtis
Yeah, I won't go out into traffic in the first half hour or so until I get the feel of it.