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Clockwise from top left: seat lug, upper head lug, lower head lug. This seat lug joins the seat tube, top tube, and seat stays of a steel touring bicycle frame. It also has an opening in which to insert the seat post, and a clamp to hold the seat post securely in place.
(A bicycle seat in the specific sense also supports the back.) [1] The bicycle saddle has been known as such since the bicycle evolved from the draisine, a forerunner of the bicycle. [2] [3] It performs a similar role as a horse's saddle, not bearing all the weight of the rider as the other contact points also take some of the load.
The seat post attaches to the seat rails by means of a clamp; Seat lug: a frame lug on the top of the seat tube serving as a point of attachment for a clamp to secure the seat post; Seat tube: the roughly vertical tube in a bicycle frame running from the seat to the bottom bracket; Seat bag: a small storage accessory hung from the back of a seat
A bicycle seat, unlike a bicycle saddle, is designed to support the rider's buttocks and back, usually in a semi-reclined position. Arthur Garford is credited with inventing the padded bicycle seat in 1892, and they are now usually found on recumbent bicycles. [1] Bicycle seats come in three main styles: mesh, hardshell and combination.
The headset is the set of components on a bicycle that provides a rotatable interface between the bicycle fork and the head tube of a bicycle frame. The tube through which the steerer of the fork passes is called the head tube. A typical headset consists of two cups that are pressed into the top and bottom of the headtube.
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A bicycle head tube with a partially installed bicycle headset; the locknut has yet to be fitted onto the fork steerer tube. The head tube is the part of a cycle's tubular frame within which the front fork steerer tube is mounted. [1] On a motorcycle, the "head tube" is normally called the steering head.
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