Cavi Mike
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Bending the rear triangle. Bend it to the left.
I guess you could do that. But unless you have a frame jig it's never gonna be perfect. Also, I guess a "slightly" bent frame would be OK for you to ride.Why would you buy a new frame because its bent? How do you think frames are made in the first place? Do you think they are just "born" in that shape? They're bent into their current shape. If it happens to get bent a little bit, so what? Just bend it back.
Perhaps you misunderstood me. If you have a frame you REALLY like, then yeah, go ahead and straighten it out. But you know as well as I do that when you bend metal and bend it back it weakens it. To strenghten the molecules of the metal again it needs to be heated and dipped, Some say cold water some say oil, To realign the molecules of the metal. All I was really saying is that if you just have an everyday, cheaper Mountain bike frame, Like MOST people do, Then it's easier to just switch frames. Most of these things are made in china using cheap metal to begin with. You don't want to take cheap metal, bend it, then bend it back again and trust it to hold up at 30mph.Bikes aren't formed using heat, roll cages aren't formed using heat, CARS aren't formed using heat. If you had a $1,000 frame, why would that all of a sudden be safer? Quit sharing your wealth of ignorance, no one cares "what you would do" because that's just you being misinformed.