I'm not sure it was bent longwise as much as the two rear forks were bent in closer together, so the tire wouldn't fit on. Does that make sense? So the LBS guy pulled at them and shoved with the tire and ended up getting the tire on. After pulling and pushing at the seatstays, he said it should be fine.

I'd like to put an Xtracycle on this possibly and maybe do some longer touring, so I don't want it to just "be fine."

I plan to file a claim with UPS, but I don't even know how you actually fix it or what to even put on the claim. Where do you take it to be sure? This is the LBS I really like, so I'm not sure if I should get a second opinion or what? Who would fix steel?

Ugh - what a headache!

(BTW, I did buy this used off eBay.)