Aluminum fork: paint defect or sign of strained? I know there's a lot of question regarding paint defect or crack.
But I need your opinion about this.
Recently, I bought new bike but discounted and it's the last piece of it.
On the back of the aluminum fork has this appearance:


I thought it's really about paint defect or it isn't?
What's the possibility if somehow deformed?
I didn't see or feel any problem when attaching the front wheel and when riding it.
Means that there's no apparent bent or misalignment between left/right fork.
I'm really curious. Thanks!!!
I think that's a paint defect.
Aluminum would not stretch enough to flake the paint off like that without staying deformed or actually cracking.
If the fork or wheel had suffered a collision into a solid object that had bent the fork, you'd see evidence in the paint on both the front and back edges.