Originally Posted by cyccommute

I suppose you can’t. However, I’ll point out again that I work at a co-op where we see the worst bikes that are still moving. Worn out or damaged bottom brackets are a very rear occurrence. That’s thousands of cartridge bottom brackets of every possible flavor.

On my own bikes, I ride them in all conditions up to and including snow/slush. I have yet to wear one out in nearly 30 years of use of this kind of bottom bracket.