Oh lord, after bicycling for more than 50 years using toe clips ...

PS, I did find a thread from someone who has built the sort of thing I imagined, once I searched for likely typos(!) instead of exact spellings:

This thread:
http://www.bikeforums.net/recumbent/10265-lading-gear-recumbant.html

led me to this discussion with illustrations:
http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisi...andinggear.htm