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Disclaimer: the proper way is to buy the road fork...
The best way to bend a bolt would probably be a vice and hammer. I didn't have a vice handy so i hammered it while holding the bolt over a sharp edge. I first made a couple passes over the bolt with a hacksaw so it would bend straight (this sounds more dodgy than it is, the bolt was only scored 0.5mm).
Obviously this weakens it a little but it's a sturdy steel bolt and has been fine for me.