{"id":255,"date":"2026-01-15T12:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmtidslinje.wp1.hcweb.dev\/?page_id=255"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:44:16","slug":"oeglend-sykkelmontering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/en\/oeglend-sykkelmontering\/","title":{"rendered":"Oeglend Bicycle Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bicycle<\/p>\n<p>mounting<\/p>\n<p>The bicycle factory in Solaveien<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tidslinje-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"433\" \/>The frame then goes to Svein Magne Eikeskog, who attaches the crank cup and crank arms to the sprocket.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"437\" \/>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"328\" \/>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>5<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"376\" \/>The last man on the assembly line is H\u00e5kon Helland, who checks and corrects any distortions in the sprocket and then inserts the fork for attaching the front wheel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>6<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"318\" \/>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).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>7<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"321\" \/>Then there's transporter Sigbj\u00f8rn 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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>8<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"368\" \/>And finally, Torstein H\u00f8ivik, who greases bearings for both cranks and forks, thereby providing raw materials for both Eikeskog's and Helland's assembly work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>9<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"318\" \/>We then follow the conveyor belt over to the final assembly area, where we first stop at Jan Skj\u00e6veland. 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 Skj\u00e6veland who supplies our bike with a luggage carrier and toolbox.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>10<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"366\" \/>Naturally, our bike will also have mudguards, which Ragnar Ellingsen will fit for us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>11<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/>Magne Lea then mounts the chain on the sprocket, and also attaches the chain guard that will protect our clothes when we pedal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>12<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"366\" \/>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 Skj\u00e6veland has installed the rear wheel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>13<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"386\" \/>Henry Sk\u00e5r has a myriad of \u00abair guns\u00bb 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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>14<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"370\" \/>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>15<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"249\" \/>You will also probably have noticed that the bike is equipped with various nice decals, such as the DBS badge Hj\u00f8rdis B\u00e6rheim has attached to the chain case.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>16<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"316\" \/>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>17<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tidslinje-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"327\" \/>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.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bicycle Assembly\nAt the bicycle factory on Solaveien 1, Tarald Byberg is the first person on the new assembly line. Here, the bicycle frame, fresh from painting and plating, first gets its seat tube hole (which he widens) so he can mount the seat post to which the bicycle seat is later attached. Byberg also installs the cups above and below the kingpin (so that the front wheel turns easily...)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tpl-no-header-footer.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-255","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidslinje.jaermuseet.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}