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@Shannonball
Have only had to replace three things on my Steamroller, bought complete July 2008.
First, the seatpost - micro adjust began to slip. No biggie.
Next, bottom bracket. Again, no great shakes, my bike gets a lot of use.
Then, the cartridge bearings went front and then back. Couple months apart. The Surly hubs have cartridge bearings which should be easy to whip out and replace. But no. I managed to get hold of cartridges. But both front and back the cartridge were squished. Crumpled. This made them very hard to remove. Could not lever them out without damaging the hub. Took it to my LBS. They had to build a special tool to remove the cartridge.
Anybody had similar a experience?