RIM SURFACE.
FOR THIS MODEL,
THE ANODIZED COATING IS BLACK.
HOWEVER,
THERE ARE SEVERAL COLOR CHOICES.
NEXT A COMPUTER-GUIDED MACHINE
SHAVES OFF A MINUTE AMOUNT
OF ANODIZED METAL
FROM NEARLY A THIRD
OF THE RIM SURFACE.
THIS CREATES A SMOOTH,
PERFECTLY FLAT AREA
FOR THE BRAKE PADS TO GRIP.
THE NEXT COMPUTER-GUIDED MACHINE
DRILLS HOLES
FOR THE TINY ALUMINUM NIPPLES,
WHICH HOLD THE ALUMINUM SPOKES
TO THE RIM.
NOW IT'S TIME
TO ASSEMBLE THE WHEEL.
THE FIRST TECHNICIAN
INSERTS A SPOKE INTO EACH SLOT
OF A CARBON-FIBER-AND-ALUMINUM
FLANGE --
PART OF THE HUB
AT THE CENTER OF THE WHEEL.
ONCE EVERY SPOKE
IS IN ITS RESPECTIVE SPOKE SEAT,
AS IT'S CALLED, HE SANDWICHES
THEM WITH A LOCKING RING.
NOW FOR THE RIM END
OF THE SPOKES.
THE NEXT TECHNICIAN
PLACES A SMALL STEEL PLUG
INSIDE A SPOKE NIPPLE
TO MAKE IT MAGNETIC.
THEN SHE PUTS THE NIPPLE
INTO THE RIM,
AND, USING A MAGNET,
DRAWS IT TO A SPOKE HOLE,
THEN THROUGH THE HOLE
TOWARD THE INSIDE OF THEDesmond Hume. Before Desmond can put the pedal to the mettle (pun alert!), he’s intercepted by Mr. – excuse me, Doctor – Linus. Desmond proceeds to beat the hell out of Ben, the same way he did when Ben visited and shot him at his houseboat during the Oceanic Six ordeal. In fact, so keen was the parallel between those two scenes that a few blows to the head woke Ben Linus up, and he saw glimpses of that life in the same way that Hurley, Charlie and Desmond had before him.Of more importance was Desmond’s explanation of his attempted Locke-acide. He told Ben he was trying to help John “let go,” and when Ben communicated that to John, it resonated soundly. If the parking lot rundown and