I think there's a misconception about LBS. "Your LBS" does not have to the the closest bike shop to you. I consider any independent bike shop to be an LBS. I go to the ones that I like, not the ones that are closest to me. My favorite is Proteus in College Park, Maryland, but I don't get there much because I live 125 miles away. But if I were in the market for a new bike, I'd go there to get it. Unless I wanted a Surly, then I'd go to the shop nearest my house because they are a Surly dealer. I go there for tubes for my Luna. And I'm going to get my roof rack at another independent shop in town because they stock Thule racks.

The point is that small, independent shops cannot exist without customers.