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Last time I saw copper pipe it was quite soft/bendy/malleable.
http://www.ukcopperboard.co.uk/whycopper/10goodreasons/10goodreasons_2.shtml key quote here being: "it bends easily".
This isn't the kind of thing I'd want to be hanging onto, especially when brakeless. Perhaps there are tougher varieties? I dunno, I'm not a plumber.