Why did bicycles have seats for 90 years, now they have saddles?
12-12-22, 08:39 PM
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And by the way, it's not a seatpost, it's a seatmast. Jeez. You people.
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Velocipedes evolved from hobby horses.
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Why did bicycles have handlebars for 90 years, and now they have cockpits?
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and Velocipedes de-evolved into Velociraptors, part of the most successful movie franchise in the 20th and 21st centuries! A little known and often overlooked fact.
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12-13-22, 07:38 AM
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12-13-22, 07:40 AM
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12-13-22, 07:41 AM
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Not unheard of at all. Years ago, there was one who used to frequent the Touring forum. When he was just about to be tossed for good, another showed up who, despite having been a member for some 6 or 7 years, had never posted before.
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The temptation to respond to the post below with a similar rhyme could get me banned:
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Originally Posted by Iride01 View Post
I don't really care what you call it. Saddle is my preference, but I'm sure I've probably blurted out seat plenty of times. So either works for me.
And I too am curious how you think they just started calling them saddles?
I don't really care what you call it. Saddle is my preference, but I'm sure I've probably blurted out seat plenty of times. So either works for me.
And I too am curious how you think they just started calling them saddles?
12-13-22, 08:39 AM
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As long as a seat post is a seat post, a seat is a seat.
As long as a seat stay is a seat stay, a seat is a seat
As long as a seat tube is a seat tube, a seat is a seat.
etc.
As long as a seat stay is a seat stay, a seat is a seat
As long as a seat tube is a seat tube, a seat is a seat.
etc.
12-13-22, 08:55 AM
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12-13-22, 09:09 AM
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Johnny was late at the fair..
Another line was, "He promised he'd buy me a fairing.."
Found that going thru my parents things. Looked it up. A fairing meant a bonnet.
Weird. After 60 yrs I can close my eyes and hear my Mothers voice singing that song.
12-13-22, 09:12 AM
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I have never heard the term "brifters" outside of BF. Not on technical documents, not in advertising copy, not on rides, never. Shimano calls them brake levers or dual control levers. I always suspected brifters was coined by someone on the forum. I could be wrong.
12-13-22, 09:22 AM
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Looks like this guy was posting about his recumbents until 2014. My suspicion is he switched to DF bikes fairly recently and didn't realize that the reason he wasn't hearing "saddle" until a few years ago was that he was previously riding bikes that don't have saddles.
12-13-22, 09:49 AM
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Looks like this guy was posting about his recumbents until 2014. My suspicion is he switched to DF bikes fairly recently and didn't realize that the reason he wasn't hearing "saddle" until a few years ago was that he was previously riding bikes that don't have saddles.
