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No it won't, it's aluminium! Metal corrosion knowledge fail.
Aluminium is a fairly inert metal. However, it reacts rapidly with oxygen in the air to form aluminium oxide. So basically, the aluminium goes a bit dull. This oxide layer will protect the metal from any further corrosion in the same way that surface rust on a steel bike protects (to a degree) the steel underneath, with the exception that it doesn't continue to corrode with exposure to the air. Water/road dirt will not corrode the frame, unless you pour acid all over it on a daily basis, or live in a part of the world where caustic soda rains from the sky.
At least that's what my A* in GCSE chemistry tells me.