Except for EBay and other online clothes purchases I do, most of my shopping is at the same LBS. My daughter's long-time boyfriend works there so he gives me a hard time if I talk about going anywhere else....of course with the great discounts he gives me I don't have much reason to.

My daughter does have another friend who works at a larger competing LBS, so that's my backup store. We took both of these friends to Colorado snowboarding this winter so with them both being bike mechanics I never have to worry about getting any work done on my bike. Yes, I am sometimes evil and tell the boyfriend that if he doesn't have time for my bike I could always ask the other friend to do it....it works everytime. My daughter has no interest in bikes and she loves to complain when we get into bike discussions.