Originally Posted by
thedudeabidz
Thanks for all the replies to this thread. I brought it to the neighborhood repair shop, and apparently Surly sells a steel replacement outer ring that I'm having them put on this week. I'm going to have them check out the crank-to-bottom bracket area for any further damage as well.
surly's chainrings are cheap forged steel and since the teeth are not ramped they are technically incompatible with shimano triples (poor shifting). FSA makes great ramped CNCed chainrings.