Frame Dents and Repair - Kinked, Dinged or Bent Top tube, Dent Down tube, etc

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AlexD

I have a frame integrity/safety question:
A friend managed to bork the drive side rear drop out on his old 10spd falcon.

The drop out was bent and also the 'jaws' (?!) of the dropout had opened up about 5mm. We've bent it more or less back in to shape in a very botchy fashion but I'm unsure as to how safe it now is. Should we be worried about the integrity of the steel, or is it fine? It's a stamped dropout fwiw.

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wildwest in reply to @AlexD

Steel is a very forgive material unlike aluminium.
It can be cold set quite happily.
Many early mountain bikes forks would bend and a mechanic am would simply just bend then back quite regularly.
Check for cracks or any other creases if there aren't any then my guess is that it's fine.

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AlexD in reply to @wildwest

Thanks, that was my conclusion in the end. It seems fine, and should do him while he finds something else, anyway.

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