Gunnar-Guy

My 1UP has some corrosion on it from mag chloride, specifically after coming home from a holiday visit in southern climates back to Ft. Collins during a pretty major storm in the Springs. Everything was covered with that brown ice we get and I notice washing the truck and rack that there was discoloration and some pitting that was starting. Point is being all aluminum means it won't rust in the rain but if you have it on in the winter here it's like alloy wheels or anything else aluminum, magnesium chloride will corrode it. FWIW, I've have mine now for about 6 years and it came with the smooth glider bars. I always struggled with keeping them tight, they can wiggle loose. You'll notice it when the bike is shifting left-to-right a little going down the highway. It doesn't seem likely that it would loosen up enough to lose a bike but still disconcerting. I replaced my original bars with the toothed ones to ease my mind.