Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Trek - the rust is inside the tube. I can see rust around the drain-holes for the tubes.

did I mention that there is RUST in my PRECIOUS DARLING!?!?!?!

Maybe I'm too fragile and delicate natured to cope with a steel-framed bike. Even just a steel fork is exhausting. Imagine the panic, the utter hysteria, when I discovered the rust that lurks in bottom brackets! Oh, just the thought makes me feel like I need a lie-down with a cold compress on my fevered brow.
KotttedYet, you are confusing me. You said that this frame is Aluminum except for the steel fork. Then you say there is rust in the bottom bracket? Just in case this is a symmantics issue, let me clarify the names of some frame parts (if you want to be butch, you really should not be confusing these things):

fork tips - where the front wheel attaches to the frame
dropouts - where the back wheel attaches to the frame
bottom bracket - where the crank attaches to the frame

The bottom bracket is threaded and can be opened to check for rust and repack the bearings.