Tbh, I messengered wearing cxshoes with two huge metal spikes in the toe. Now THAT was fierce.
"Like the paint on your Ford..." [glint of shoe]
Back in the beforetime when we ran quills, hmmm, it may have been some platforms, anyway, real metal pedals--a driver started to run me off the road with no place to go, so I leaned into the car with my quill, barely missing the curb, and as the driver accelerated, skEEEEEeek".
Cant really be culpable for that one.