A chair, by any other name

I just put a new spin on "lightweight construction." Today, after churning through all my Ikea notes on beds and comparing them in a spreadsheet, I finally had a eureka moment. What about inflatible furniture? Dad told me he found his air mattress very comfortable - so I hit the camping section at Galerie-Kaufhof ... and picked up an extra-thick double flocked mattress with chambered construction. It even fit in my bike basket!

After test-driving all the wheeled chairs at Ikea the other day, I still wasn't inspired by office furniture ... but I've heard that sitting on one of those inflatable exercise balls helps develop your abs. What are they called now? And in German?? Anwendung- Aufgabe- ... Sitz Ball? Gymnastik Ball? I finally managed to explain it to the sports sales guy - and then I saw it! A Fit-Chair - an exercise ball on wheels! And it FITS ON MY BIKE!

With pump in hand, I grow my new furniture. One hundred ... two hundred ... 250 pumps and I have a nice firm bed. 60-80-100 pumps ... but this chair is never going to make it. The ball doesn't even inflate big enough to fill the frame! Back to the store ... nothing like an electric air compressor to really sttrreeeeettch it out!
Ikea is good, but ...