I don't think it was as big a bend as you're picturing. My best guess is it was bent out about 5mm. I think the spokes may have pulled it farther initially in kind of an "over center" effect, since it was in that 5-7mm range when the spokes were tight. It was hard to see the bend at first when I couldn't put it on a flat reference surface and with tense spokes interfering with my line of sight.