I am absolutely torn with guilt. We have a great LBS here in my town. I own aluminum, steel, and carbon bikes. I wanted to own a titanium bike to complete the 'collection'. But I could never afford the full price of titanium of the better name brands. I don't even think my LBS has any ti bikes in stock anyway. So...after much study and consideration, I bought a titanium bike 'on line' [for about half the cost of a Litespeed, Merlin, or Lynskey etc].
But now I'm so afraid someone from the LBS will see me riding the titanium bike around town, ha. It's a bad economy and I think the LBS owner is struggling some too. So, to all LBS owners out there, my deepest apologies...but a guy has to do what a guy has to do [right?].