I bought my most recent bike online - from someone else's LBS (in Portland, OR). No LBS near me could get the bike I wanted, they had it (rental fleet on sale), and they were lovely about it (and lovely in person when I visited). The bike before that came from my LBS. I try hard to support local businesses - and I agree with NYBiker that it sort of feels like supporting TE - not "local" to me, but nice people with a carefully curated line of products I want to see succeed.