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A motorcycle seat (sometimes saddle) is where rider sits, and may also accommodate a passenger. The most common type of motorcycle seat is a dual saddle or bench seat, which runs along the top of the chassis and is long enough for a pillion passenger to straddle the motorcycle behind the rider. Two detached seats, rather than one elongated one ...
A saddle, regardless of type, must fit both horse and rider. [31] Saddle fitting is an art and in ideal circumstances is performed by a professional saddle maker or saddle fitter. Custom-made saddles designed for an individual horse and rider will fit the best, but are also the most expensive.
Saddle stitch uses two threads in alternating running stitches through a single line of holes. The holes may be created by the sewing needles themselves in lighter materials, or by an awl , [ 1 ] pricking iron , [ 2 ] or stitching iron [ 3 ] in thicker materials, such as leather .
A granary sitting on staddle stones at the Somerset Rural Life Museum. Staddle stones, or steddle stones, [a] were originally used as supporting bases for granaries.The staddle stones lifted the granaries above the ground, thereby protecting the stored grain from vermin and water seepage.
M1859 McClellan saddle of the Civil War period, displaying its rawhide seat covering. Fort Kearny State Park and Museum, Nebraska. The McClellan saddle is a riding saddle that was designed by George B. McClellan, after his tour of Europe as the member of a military commission charged with studying the latest developments in engineer and cavalry forces including field equipment. [1]
The Saddle Club is an Australian-Canadian children's television series developed by Sarah Dodd, based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant.Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three best friends in training to compete in equestrian competitions at the fictional Pine Hollow Stables, while dealing with problems in their personal lives.
A horse equipped with a saddle for mounted police. Saddles are seats for the rider, fastened to the horse's back by means of a girth in English-style riding, or a cinch in the use of Western tack. Girths are generally a wide strap that goes around the horse at a point about four inches behind the forelegs.
Upper Saddle River is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 8,353, [9] [10] an increase of 145 (+1.8%) from the 2010 census count of 8,208, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 467 (+6.0%) from the 7,741 counted in the 2000 census.