The need for this grew out
of the problem using a desk chair... my
knees. I had the desk chair angled back, but still had to slide forward
to achieve a good angle on the wheel/pedal relationship. This put a lot
of stress on my poor knees, so running a long race (My league keeps
making them longer.) really kills me. What I needed was support closer
to my knees.
One of my league mates had
scarfed a minivan seat, and just
put it on a milk crate. This looks, and works great. I waited a long time
for someone to throw out a car seat for me, but no-one obliged, so I looked
for another solution. Canadian Tire obliged with a sale on fishing gear. I
also looked at Ikea, and found they make a plastic chair shell ($10), and a
separate base, but it's much flimsier, and the mounting system is too
specific to the base they make for it. Oh, well! It's their chair.