Having a set of principles and sticking to them is great and if thats what you associate it with and where you draw the line fine.
For my own opinion, doping is a big issue in all professional sports in my mind. But in the context of the bigger picture professional sport and what happens in it or not is hugely insignificant. If I’m going to try and affect change on the environment I’m in (with my actions and in relation to this case purchasing decisions) than sorting out the issues of professional sport is going to have to get at the back of the queue behind bigger issues such as global warming, famine, disease, war etc, etc, etc and in the clothing industry in general worker exploitation, child labour the list goes on.
I think time spent thinking about ‘how do I not support dopers’ is better spent thinking about ‘how do I reduce my energy consumption’, ‘how do I clothe and feed myself more ethically’. This is not to say I spend hours deliberating over purchases based on the above, I normally just get it done quickly and without thought. Again you can effect change with your cycling purchase decisions, but there is better bang for your buck with regards to what to spend time over if you want to effect change.
As a quick edit: I don’t wear Hincapie stuff, it’s not easily available to me and it’s not cheap enough being the main reasons.
Iain