Folks that want current, available data to make informed decisions, please see post #21 and then do some surfing.
The subject line of the thread is "Alfine 11", which reached retail just four months ago. So far posters have reported problems with this hub on mtbr.com, hubstripping, this forum and on the yahoo IGH group.
The two failures you refer to were MTBs running 32x22, both lasted a few months. This is the first road failure I've seen, took less than 2 weeks use. OP says you can't break a 3 speed SA by shifting under load, than's a pretty interesting claim....