Tarald Byberg is first on the new assembly line. The bicycle frame, which came from painting, has a hole made in the seat tube (he expands it) so that he can mount the seat pin to which the bicycle seat is then attached. Byberg also attaches the cups at the top and bottom of the ball head (so that the front wheel turns easily and frictionlessly), and finally he threads the bottom bracket to make room for the crankset with pedals.

The frame then goes to Svein Magne Eikeskog, who attaches the crank cup and crank arms to the sprocket.

Once this is done, Roald Frafjord checks and adjusts the crank, so that we can always be sure that it runs frictionlessly in the crank sleeve.

Odd Tunheim installs the kickstand that is now standard equipment, and which allows us to put the bike down without having to prop it up against something.

The last man on the assembly line is Håkon Helland, who checks and corrects any distortions in the sprocket and then inserts the fork for attaching the front wheel.

The workers in the frame assembly have three subcontractors in the department. First, Olav Stokka presses the gear on the crank (for later assembly by Eikeskog), and also presses cups and cones on the fork (and on to Helland).

Then there's transporter Sigbjørn Austdal, who delivers Byberg's frames from the paint shop, and also makes sure that Helland gets rid of the frames he has finished assembling.

And finally, Torstein Høivik, who greases bearings for both cranks and forks, thereby providing raw materials for both Eikeskog's and Helland's assembly work.

We then follow the conveyor belt over to the final assembly area, where we first stop at Jan Skjæveland. Here he attaches the front plate (the one that tells us it's a real DBS we have in front of us), and it's also Skjæveland who supplies our bike with a luggage carrier and toolbox.

Naturally, our bike will also have mudguards, which Ragnar Ellingsen will fit for us.

Magne Lea then mounts the chain on the sprocket, and also attaches the chain guard that will protect our clothes when we pedal.

But of course we can't pedal without wheels, and here we have Arne Bjerkestrand installing the front wheel and hanging on the brake cable for the handbrake, after Sverre Skjæveland has installed the rear wheel.

Henry Skår has a myriad of «air guns» hanging above him from the ceiling, but he also attaches as many as 10 different nuts to our bike. He also ensures that the crank arms are fitted with pedals before he sends the bike on to the last man.

This is Sverre Haugland doing the final assembly operations on our bike, fitting handlebars and saddle. Here he is in the process of putting the plastic handles on the handlebars.

You will also probably have noticed that the bike is equipped with various nice decals, such as the DBS badge Hjørdis Bærheim has attached to the chain case.

Edgar Rasmussen, the inspector, makes the final effort in the final assembly. He goes over every single bicycle and carefully checks that everything is in order before letting it go on to be packed.

And this packing has now been completed by Jan Eie. He is on his way out with the bike. From assembly, it goes to the finished goods warehouse, and from here it is sent to one of our many customers across the country.