Originally Posted by
Paul Barnard
I call a bicycle seat a bicycle seat. I find it odd when people correct me and say that it's a saddle.
I certainly dont correct people when they call it a seat, but I also only ever call it a saddle.
A seat is something you sit in/on. A saddle is something you sit atop. Recumbent has a seat, diamond frame has a saddle. Yeah maybe its largely a distinction without a difference, but still...