My loaded bike encounered a Texas sized pot hole (in Texas) cracked dropout on the derailleur side. I had a spare boxed and air shipped from the west coast though for the same price I could have bought a perfectly serviceable rig.

If you are taller I image finding a serviceable bike in China would be rough.

C-dale replaced the 14 year old frame. It had 50k miles on it of which 9k was fully loaded. It -is- worth asking Surly for an RMA once you get home.