Lol I know its a bit sad but I've always been dead careful with my shoes near the crank, which is quite hard when your tryng to ride like a lunatic but keep your crank arms nice, doh. I can remember seeing an advert with some pink f cranks and they had a combo of blue and pink chainrings they looked fantastic but when I ordered mine I knew pink wouldnt go with me bike. They are brilliant cranks though arn't they, and cheaper than xtr at the time.