It's all politics because one could argue that Nike played a part in covering up Armstrong's drug use so they can continue to use him as a face of the sport to drive money into their pockets. With Lance nobody would have cared about cycling.
These are his new shoe? This things look like some Playskool kicks from Toys R Us. Didn't Baron Davis have on a pair of Li-Ning's when he blew his knee apart last year???