seat stay

English

Alternative forms

• seatstay

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from sailing jargon where "stay" refers to a rope, wire, or rod which runs fore-and-aft along the centerline of a sailing ship from mast to deck, or to another mast, and serves to stabilize the mast.

Noun

seat stay (plural seat stays)

1. One of the two bicycle frame tubes running diagonally downward from the top of the seat tube to the rear dropouts.

   The bike was not safe to ride as it had a bend in the seat stay

Translations

bicycle frame tube

• Dutch: staande achtervork c
• Finnish: takahaarukan yläputki; ylätakahaarukka (both tubes collectively)