Why not "saddle post"?

jj said:

Mark Hickey said:

Zoot Katz said:

Michelle has been riding well over a year without a saddle. She
replaced it with a bouquet of blue artificial flowers after some scum
had stolen it. Nobody's taken her flowers.

Zoot - I don't care now nice looking Michelle is, I wouldn't wanna
swipe a bunch of flowers that had spent THAT much time rubbing her
butt...

Yet you'd pay for a pair of her panties?

I dunno - are they my size?

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

Assuming a bike has only one post (I'm no expert on bike anatomy), why not just
"post"?

"Who's with me?"

Bill Henry said:

I'm sure there's a reason, but if the preferred nomenclature is "saddle"
and not "seat" for the part that your butt rests on, why not call the
post attached to it a "saddle post"?

Unless I get a good reason, I'm bucking the trend and calling it a
saddle post! Who's with me?!

-Bill H. (Late night thoughts gone crazy)

Michael said:

Assuming a bike has only one post (I'm no expert on bike anatomy), why not
just "post"?

I've got a bike with just one post, but it supports the handlebars, not
the seat.