I'm Troubled
06-09-07, 05:33 AM
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I'm Troubled
Why is it that we call the part of the bicycle we sit on the saddle, but the part that holds the saddle up a seatpost? I'm going to start calling them saddleposts. Thanks for your concern.
06-09-07, 05:40 AM
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The term "saddlestay" just doesn't sound right...
06-09-07, 05:41 AM
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i still call them seats, i think saddle is a stupid word. I know we arent supposed to "sit" on the seat instead we straddle them like saddles but i still think its dumb.
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Originally Posted by Paul Barnard
Why is it that we call the part of the bicycle we sit on the saddle, but the part that holds the saddle up a seatpost? I'm going to start calling them saddleposts. Thanks for your concern.
06-09-07, 07:55 AM
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Hi Queen!!! Fancy meeting you here. Gonna ride this weekend? I have to work...6th consecutive weekend
06-09-07, 09:17 AM
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If it were in the Queen's english, they are referred as seatpins. I know this doesn't help, just sayin'.
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Originally Posted by Paul Barnard
Hi Queen!!! Fancy meeting you here. Gonna ride this weekend? I have to work...6th consecutive weekend
No riding for me either, my allergies are ridiculous right now (right eye is almost swollen shut - VERY attractive!), we're going kayaking instead...allergies seem to be much better near water so I'll take what I can get. Don't work too hard okay?
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Don't know what you are talking about but go browse Sheldon Brown's glossary. If you can't find it there it does not exist and you are just imagining it.
