Quote Originally Posted by Trek420
Q: aluminum does not rust, right? so only risk of rust would be the fork and any alloy parts.
Aluminum does not rust per se, since rust is iron oxide. It does form aluminum oxide, but the oxide layer protects the aluminum underneath it and the metal doesn't suffer damage from moisture the way steel does. Rust always indicates steel or iron parts. Alloy bike parts generally do not rust. Just looked a Sheldon Browns site and found that "alloy" as applied to cranks, rims, etc, is really aluminum alloy.