No he certainly isn't OCD.

The horse shoe came from my grandfathers shop and where it was hung in the same way. I have a small collection of Burro shoes that I have on several bikes as a reminder to take the longer safer route and not to make stupid decisions, they are all oriented up/forward. I found the first one minutes after a close call on a hike in the Andes that would have been the end of me. Burros may not be glamorous but they will get from point A to B without relying on luck. The seven hundred and seventy seven pennies I carry in my saddle bar are there for good luck.