^^^ +1

Ran into some shop guys and friends with *really* nice rigs at the dirt jumps. Made me cringe looking down at the bold arial Ironhorse blazoned on my downtoob. Then blazing to work I somehow ate **** at high speed (sand? i think sand) and somehow managed to stay standing, while trying to answer my phone, and being laughed at, naturally, at the jumps by the guys who had far nicer bikes than me and were way better jumpers.

I am never wearing hiking shoes to ride again, they are 1) slippery, even on kona wah-wahs. and 2) they are obviously bad juju, and therefore are to be banned from the trail.